For-Profit Companies Can’t Easily Replace NOAA’s Weather-Forecasting Prowess
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by Christine Wiedinmyer, Kari Bowen
13h ago
Replicating the abilities of the National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration’s fleet of weather satellites would take time and a lot of money—and expose private companies to a large amount of risk ..read more
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Metals Crucial to Clean Energy Are Getting Caught Up in the US–China Trade War
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by Maddie Stone
13h ago
After a Chinese export ban, can the US get gallium and germanium from Canada—or will tariffs get in the way ..read more
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A Nose-Computer Interface Could Turn Dogs Into Super Detectors
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by Emily Mullin
2d ago
Startup Canaery is partnering with a US Department of Energy lab to develop neural implants for rats and dogs that are capable of decoding what they smell ..read more
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This Is Where Asteroid 2024 YR4 Could Strike
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by Jorge Garay
2d ago
There is a 2 percent chance that seven years from now, “the city destroyer” will hit Earth with the force of an 8-megaton nuclear weapon. Here are its possible impact points ..read more
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Revenge of the Covid Conspiracy Theorists
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by Justin Ling
3d ago
After years of GOP attacks on US health agencies, Trump appointees are poised to bring Covid-19 conspiracies to their leadership of US agencies. Federal workers are scared of what comes next ..read more
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California’s Problem Now Isn’t Fire—It’s Rain
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by Eric Holthaus
3d ago
Torrential rain is expected this week in Los Angeles, which risks producing flash flooding and landslides in areas stripped of vegetation by the recent wildfires ..read more
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How to Get PFAS Out of Drinking Water—and Keep It Out
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by Chris Baraniuk
4d ago
Filters in water pitchers or under-sink systems capture dangerous chemicals, only for them to be returned to the environment. A researcher from North Carolina is pioneering a new system that could get rid of forever chemicals forever ..read more
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Your Love Life on Ozempic
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by Emily Mullin
4d ago
Beyond treating diabetes and helping people lose weight, GLP-1s may also improve libido. But the reasons are as complex as desire itself ..read more
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It’s Spring on Mars—and That Means Violently Explosive Geysers and Avalanches
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by Shigeyuki Hando
5d ago
NASA’s Martian probes have captured photos of the Red Planet’s “extremely active” spring ..read more
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NIH Funding Cuts Appear to Draw on Heritage Foundation Report That Blasts ‘DEI Staff’
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by Matt Reynolds, Emily Mullin
5d ago
In its notice outlining the large cut in university funding, the US National Institutes of Health seems to draw on a report from a conservative think tank that denounces the “political left ..read more
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