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Who Would Take the Brunt of an Attack on U.S. Nuclear M...

These fallout maps show the toll of a potential nuclear attack on missile silos ...

To Treat Overdose Patients Now, Hospitals Must Test for...

Most hospitals typically test people for drugs that drove overdoses 15 to 20 yea...

Is Snoozing the Alarm Good or Bad for Your Health?

New research suggests that hitting the snooze button to squeeze in an extra five...

New Portable Breast Cancer Scanner Can Fit in a Bra

Scientists have developed an ultrasound device to detect aggressive breast cance...

Will It or Won't It? Iceland's Volcano Threatens Eruption

An enormous magma intrusion under Iceland’s Reykjanes Peninsula is causing earth...

Climate Changes Threatens Every Facet of U.S. Society, ...

The new U.S. National Climate Assessment details how climate change will alter n...

Why the Life Expectancy Gap between Men and Women Is Gr...

Women are outliving men by nearly six years—and COVID and drug overdoses are a m...

The U.S.'s Plans to Modernize Nuclear Weapons Are Dange...

The U.S. should back away from updating its obsolescent nuclear weapons, in part...

The New Nuclear Age

The U.S. is beginning an ambitious, controversial reinvention of its nuclear...

Dyslexia, Dark Energy and a New Arms Race

The risks of a $1.5-trillion plan to build up the U.S. nuclear arsenal

To Educate Students about AI, Make Them Use It

A college professor and his students explain what they learned from bringing Cha...

How Did Nuclear Weapons Get on My Reservation?

A member of the Mandan, Hidatsa and Arikara Nation digs into a decades-long myst...

What Radioactive Fallout Tells Us about Our Nuclear Future

The U.S. has embarked on the largest and most expensive nuclear build-out ever. ...

Can a Private Space Mission Pierce Venus's Clouds?

Amid uncertainty over space agencies’ plans for future Venus exploration, enthus...

Hair Straighteners and Relaxers May Be Harmful to Healt...

Growing evidence suggests certain hair products marketed toward Black women may ...

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