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Beach Sand Replenishment Projects Are Expensive, Ineffe...

The U.S. has been pumping sand onto eroding beaches for nearly a century. As cli...

How to Stay Hydrated During a Summer Heatwave, Accordin...

The amount of water and electrolytes needed for proper hydration vary from perso...

Bird Flu Cases in People Are Being Undercounted

Dairy workers in Texas show signs of prior, undetected bird flu infections in a ...

Olympic Training Centers Are Using Big Data and AI to G...

"Big data" and artificial intelligence are changing how elite American athletes ...

How Heat Index, Dew Point and Wet-Bulb Temperature Desc...

When heat hits, we talk about the heat index, the dew point and heat risk. But w...

Treatments for ‘Brain-Eating’ Amoebas Are on the Horizon

New drugs may help patients with life-threatening "brain-eating" amoeba infections

19 Good News Science Stories to Savor This Summer

From lifesaving cancer treatments and frog “spas” to a view of the cosmos from y...

The Most Efficient Solar Panels Ever Have Been Found—In...

Inside giant, iridescent clams are algal farms that could inspire highly efficie...

Expect Auroras, Solar Flares and More Space Weather fro...

Space weather is heating up in our current solar cycle peak

Controversial New Guidelines Would Diagnose Alzheimer’s...

Diagnosis of Alzheimer's, according to expert recommendations, can proceed by de...

How the Olympics Are Saving Athletes from Heat Stress

Climate change-driven heat endangers Olympians. Here’s how the Games are helping...

Sex Testing in the Olympics and Other Elite Sports Is B...

Here’s the long history of sex testing in elite sports like the Olympics and whe...

NASA Retires Asteroid-Hunting Telescope

NASA’s NEOWISE telescope has searched for asteroids, brown dwarfs and luminous g...

Dungeons & Dragons Is Shedding ‘Race’ in Gaming. Here’s...

The nerd culture powerhouse is rebranding its elves, dwarfs and orcs, previously...

Jess Wade Is on a Crusade to Correct Wikipedia’s Gender...

Physicist Jess Wade explains the importance of recognizing female scientists on ...

Tornado Scientists Love Twister and Twisters. Here’s Why

Weather experts talk about why the film Twister is often such a favorite among t...

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