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A Guide to COP31 Climate Talks in Antalya, Turkey
Negotiators and leaders are gathering for annual United Nations climate talks. They come as global temperatures are set to breach a key threshold.
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With Hopes Low and Temperatures High, Climate Summit Opens in Turkey
War, artificial intelligence and the Trump era have overshadowed climate change. But officials from nearly every nation are meeting to confront global warming.
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Did These Scientists Find Evidence of Blood in a Dinosaur Bone?
Mineralized “structures” discovered in the bone were the fossilized remains of red blood cells, according to a recent study. Other experts aren’t so sure.
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NASA Is Selecting Future Astronauts. Here’s How to Apply.
The space agency is recruiting its next class of space travelers for missions to low-Earth orbit and the moon. Applications are due Dec. 3.
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Still on the President’s Agenda: Daylight Saving Time
Following an election-year rout for Republicans, Trump castigated lawmakers for not passing the Sunshine Protection Act. Some scientists have warned against the change.
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Lonnie Thompson Has Died. He Dodged Avalanches to Preserve Climate History.
His observations helped establish shriveling mountain glaciers as an unmistakable consequence of human-caused warming. He was 78.
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How octopuses squeeze through teeny tiny holes
Robots used during search and rescue operations need to be able to wriggle through narrow cracks and crevices. Researchers have turned to a natural contortionist for inspiration — the octopus.
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Biotech Firm Claims Some Credit for Groundbreaking Virus Research
Radical Numerics turned heads with its announcement about a novel treatment. Now a former partner, Tabula Bioscience, says it performed much of the research.
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These Newly Elected Lawmakers Know Something Trump Doesn’t: Science
Among those elected to Congress on Tuesday are a mathematician, a microbiologist and a chemical engineer. They plan to take on a White House that has threatened funding cuts to research.
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What a Democratic Congress Could Mean for Science
The Trump administration has sought to reshape the nation’s research infrastructure. Democratic lawmakers, newly empowered, are preparing to push back.