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More People Die from Venomous Snakebites Each Year Than...

In low- and middle-income nations, snakebite envenoming is more deadly than almo...

Valley Fever Is a Growing Fungal Threat to Outdoor Workers

The disease hits farmworkers and outdoor laborers disproportionately hard

Online Ads Can Infect Your Device with Spyware

An investigative report reveals that new spyware can slip in unseen through onli...

U.S. Will Weigh Cost of Carbon Pollution in More Govern...

Calculations determining the climate damage of greenhouse gas emissions—called t...

People Who Are Changing the Environment One Community a...

These four researchers are highlighting environmental inequities and improving t...

These Adorable Jellyfish Show Learning Doesn't Even Req...

Human scientists—used to the benefits of a centralized, complex brain—have been ...

See How AI Generates Images from Text

Generative AI algorithms use probability to create visuals from noise

This Researcher Captured Air from the Amazon in Dive-Bo...

One researcher has been hiring planes to strafe the sky over the Amazon rain for...

Artificial Intelligence Could Finally Let Us Talk with ...

AI is poised to revolutionize our understanding of animal communication

Fixing Air Pollution Could Dramatically Improve Health ...

The most marginalized people are breathing the most polluted air, and improving ...

The Equinox Is Not What You Think It Is

The equinox is not when day and night have equal lengths. Instead it’s something...

World Governments Recommit to 2030 Goals to Save Humanity

United Nations secretary-general António Guterres is proposing a $500-billion an...

AI Tool Pinpoints Genetic Mutations That Cause Disease

Researchers have adapted the AI network to search for genetic changes linked to ...

Prominent Consciousness Theory Is Slammed as Bogus Science

Researchers publicly call out theory that they say is not well supported by scie...

Climate Disasters Are Worsening a U.S. Blood Shortage

This summer’s floods, hurricanes and wildfires have prevented blood collection a...

This Efficiency-Obsessed Psychologist (and Mother of 11...

Lillian Gilbreth pioneered time and motion efficiency in workplaces and revoluti...

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