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How a Harris or Trump Presidency Could Affect Gun Policy

9 hours 19 min ago

Vice President Kamala Harris and former president Donald Trump offer starkly different responses to gun violence

Categories: Astronomy

Nobel Prize in Physiology or Medicine Awarded for Discovery of MicroRNA Gene Regulation

10 hours 3 min ago

The award was given to Victor Ambros and Gary Ruvkun for a discovery of an important mechanism of gene regulation in cells

Categories: Astronomy

Fallout from Hurricane Helene, Stem Cell Treatments for Diabetes and Spread of Marburg Virus

10 hours 19 min ago

We cover the spread of Marburg virus, a stem cell treatment for diabetes and the way dolphins smile in this week’s news roundup.

Categories: Astronomy

Challenging Big Oil’s Big Lie about Plastic Recycling

Sat, 10/05/2024 - 7:00am

California’s lawsuit against Exxon is about ending the lie that most plastic is recyclable

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How Hurricane Helene’s Floods Are Disrupting Voting Access This Election

Fri, 10/04/2024 - 3:00pm

With voting underway, election officials in flood-ravaged North Carolina must mail new ballots and replace destroyed polling places after Hurricane Helene

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Hurricane Helene Signals the End of the ‘Climate Haven’

Fri, 10/04/2024 - 11:30am

Experts say the effects of global warming are playing a greater role in where people decide to move

Categories: Astronomy

Astronomers Spot a ‘Super-Mars’ Exoplanet around Barnard’s Star

Fri, 10/04/2024 - 10:00am

Claims of worlds orbiting Barnard’s star have been made before. But an advanced instrument could provide the breakthrough that finally confirms the star hosts a planetary system

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Hurricane Helene Made Me a Climate Change Refugee

Fri, 10/04/2024 - 9:00am

A climate advocate learns firsthand on the price of climate change in our lives, and calls for voters to head off future disasters

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How the 2024 Election Will Shape the Future of AI

Fri, 10/04/2024 - 7:00am

Both U.S. presidential candidates voice support for innovation in AI, but Kamala Harris has been more outspoken about its risks to individuals

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How Dark Is the Night Sky?

Fri, 10/04/2024 - 6:45am

The night sky isn’t perfectly dark—instead it glows faintly, and the source isn’t exactly local

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Today’s Mathematicians Seek Modern Solutions to Complex Problems

Fri, 10/04/2024 - 6:30am

Today’s mathematicians grapple with higher-order mathematical questions and real-world applications.

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In Floods like Hurricane Helene’s, Toxic Chemicals Are a Silent and Growing Threat

Thu, 10/03/2024 - 3:30pm

People living near industrial facilities often have few details about the chemicals inside, which poses major risks when floods occur

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Harris' Focus on Maternal Health Care Gains Support Among Black Women

Thu, 10/03/2024 - 2:45pm

Polls show an increased number of Black women voters back Kamala Harris. Her emphasis on maternal mortality, reproductive rights and gun control may be contributing

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Hurricane Helene Survivors Face a Second Disaster—Insurance Woes

Thu, 10/03/2024 - 12:45pm

Only 2 percent of households in parts of Georgia, North Carolina and South Carolina that were flooded by Hurricane Helene can get insurance payments

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Where Did All the Thalidomide Pills Distributed in the U.S. Go?

Thu, 10/03/2024 - 11:00am

 FDA medical examiner Frances Oldham Kelsey saved American lives by refusing to approve thalidomide. But millions of pills had been sent to doctors in the U.S. for so-called clinical trials

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How to Save the World from Apocalyptic Asteroids

Thu, 10/03/2024 - 9:00am

Sooner or later a doomsday asteroid will wipe out most life on Earth—unless, that is, we prevent threatening space rocks from hitting us in the first place

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Why Mount Everest Is the World’s Tallest Mountain

Thu, 10/03/2024 - 7:30am

A model suggests a massive uplift caused by a phenomenon called “river piracy” partly explains Everest’s impressive height

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Hard Nuclear Weapons Choices Await Harris or Trump as President

Thu, 10/03/2024 - 6:45am

Whoever wins the 2024 presidential election will face heightened nuclear geopolitics, deadlines on nuclear deals with Russia and Iran and decisions on a $2-trillion weapons-modernization effort

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What Linguistic Analysis from the 2024 Debates Reveals about Harris, Trump, Walz and Vance

Wed, 10/02/2024 - 6:30pm

Linguist and sociophonetician Nicole Holliday analyzes the language used by candidates in the recent presidential and vice presidential debates

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Largest Brain Map Ever Reveals Fruit Fly’s Neurons in Exquisite Detail

Wed, 10/02/2024 - 4:30pm

Wiring diagram lays out connections between nearly 140,000 neurons and reveals new types of nerve cell

Categories: Astronomy