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Stand Up for Science Rallies Draw Crowds Protesting Trump Cuts
Scientists and supporters rallied in cities across the U.S. and Europe to protest dramatic funding cuts and other attacks from the Trump administration
Daylight Saving Time and Early School Start Times Cost The Economy Billions
The current system of daylight saving time and early school start times wastes billions while causing more car accidents, workplace injuries and health issues
Trump Administration Likely to Drop Chloroprene Lawsuit. Here’s What That Means
Trump could drop a federal lawsuit against a petrochemical plant that emits chloroprene. Here’s a look at the cancer-causing chemical
Trump's FEMA Disaster Aid Freeze Threatens 'Acute Harm,' Judge Rules
The Federal Emergency Management Agency must show in one week whether it is complying with a judge’s ruling that blocks the Trump administration disaster aid freeze
Why Is the Trump Administration Politicizing Weather?
Climate change is real. Dismantling our federal weather agency won’t change that
Leading a Meaningful Life through Storytelling Skills
People who are rated as good storytellers exhibit a purpose-oriented mindset and big-picture thinking more often than others
Five Years after the COVID Pandemic Began, Fatigue and Frustration Remain
The “quarantine fatigue” of 2020 became an ongoing “pandemic fatigue,” a complex set of emotions that continues to affect the nation
How to Watch the Total Lunar Eclipse on March 13
The March 13–14 lunar eclipse will be an all-night affair you won’t want to miss
John Green on His New Nonfiction Book Everything Is Tuberculosis
Novelist John Green talks about his new nonfiction book, Everything is Tuberculosis, and the inequities in treatment for the highly infectious disease.
NASA’s Voyager Probes Lose One Instrument Each as Power Wanes
NASA’s twin Voyager probes, which launched in 1977, are the longest-running missions to send data home. But as their power supplies wane, scientists are saying goodbye to one instrument on each spacecraft
Intuitive Machines’ Athena Lander Reaches the Moon Lopsided—Just Like Its Predecessor
Despite some connection delays postlanding, the lunar lander Athena is officially set to study what lies beneath the moon’s surface over the next 10 days
Trump's CDC Firings Will Gut Public Health at the State and Local Level
The Trump administration’s sudden dismissals have stripped training programs across the nation that bolstered state and local public health departments
As Trump and DOGE Block Federal Grants, Wildfire Prevention Projects Are at Risk
Efforts to limit wildfires in a conservative swath of northern Colorado are the latest casualty of the Trump administration’s on-and-off federal spending freeze
Why This Year’s Flu Season Is the Worst in More Than a Decade
Outpatient flu visits and hospitalizations are higher than at any time in the past 15 years
Learning Human Echolocation with a Neuroscientist
Neuroscientist Lore Thaler speaks about her efforts to make echolocation training more accessible
NASA’s Mars Plans Complicated by Eye Problems during Long Spaceflights
A mysterious neuro-ocular syndrome remains an unknown risk for long-term spaceflight
Killing a Nuclear Watchdog’s Independence Threatens Disaster
A Trump administration plan would end the independence of the Nuclear Regulatory Commission, where similar oversight muzzling has led to nuclear disasters overseas
In State of the Union Speech, Trump Touts Fossil Fuels and Critical Minerals Plan
In his State of the Union Speech, President Trump pushed fossil fuel extraction, a plan for developing critical minerals and an Alaska natural gas pipeline
How Early Could Life Have Emerged in the Universe?
New simulations suggest that habitable worlds could have begun forming only 200 million years after the big bang