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What does the Inflation Reduction Act mean for US carbon emissions?
The US senate just passed the Inflation Reduction Act of 2022, which includes the largest climate spending package in US…
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Coronavirus in late pregnancy raises premature birth risk seven-fold
Testing positive for the coronavirus in the last three months of pregnancy may double the risk of a premature birth,…
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Gene therapy trial shows early success in people with haemophilia B
In a small study of 10 people with haemophilia B, nine were still forgoing the condition’s standard treatment about two…
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Meet the Giant Sequoia, the ‘Super Tree’ Built to Withstand Fire
When the Grizzly Giant sprouted from the ground in what is now Yosemite National Park, the Roman Republic was nearly…
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Efforts to regulate ‘killer robots’ are threatened by war in Ukraine
International efforts to legally control the use of “killer robots” are faltering because of Russia’s invasion of Ukraine Technology 13…
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10 per cent chance falling rockets will hit someone in next decade
Humans are sending ever more rockets up into space – bits of them falling back to Earth could result in…
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For the first time, scientists spot humpback whales riding a ship’s wake
Two years ago, a team of marine biologists was fast asleep on a research vessel off the coast of Brazil…
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Monopolies Are Getting in the Way of mRNA Vaccines
Two and a half years into the COVID pandemic, the numbers are grim. While 80% of people living in the…
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What Researchers Know about Gun Policies’ Effectiveness
About 40% of the world’s civilian-owned firearms are in the United States, a country that has had some 1.4 million…
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Good (and Bad) Ways to Help a Dog Afraid of Fireworks
First, let’s get the bad out of the way: trying to help a dog afraid of fireworks by saying, “Johnny…
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