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Voters around the country approved measures on conservation, water and data centers on Tuesday.
Posted on 5 November 2026 | 7:40 pm
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Scientists ran a drug test on hair found in a 2,800-year-old burial mound. It came back positive for pot, the earliest known evidence of psychoactive cannabis use.
Posted on 5 November 2026 | 7:07 pm
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The breed is descended from indigenous canines, which may have been intentionally mixed with wild coyotes long before Europeans arrived in the Americas.
Posted on 5 November 2026 | 10:02 am
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Dr. Whipple studied the female erogenous zone and, with collaborators, wrote a best seller about women's sexuality. She was 85.
Posted on 4 November 2026 | 11:03 pm
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The space agency estimated that there was a one-in-2,100 chance that debris from the Neil Gehrels Swift Observatory could injure someone on the ground.
Posted on 4 November 2026 | 8:14 pm
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A series of storms has added to reservoirs in the Colorado River basin, but the long-term water outlook remains bleak.
Posted on 4 November 2026 | 5:01 pm
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Kseniia Petrova, a researcher at Harvard, has argued that she was vindictively prosecuted after her arrest in 2025.
Posted on 4 November 2026 | 3:44 am
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In the 2022 midterms, Democrats made global warming an issue. Things have changed.
Posted on 3 November 2026 | 7:17 pm
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A monthslong G.O.P. effort culminated in a scathing report about emails and other exchanges within the American Psychological Association.
Posted on 3 November 2026 | 4:46 pm
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Ice, experts said, can change the shape of a plane's wing, disrupting its aerodynamics.
Posted on 3 November 2026 | 3:55 pm
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In one case, 75,000-year-old bones reveal what may be the earliest identifiable victim of death by wooden spear.
Posted on 3 November 2026 | 10:02 am
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The feeling of existential loss was long thought to be uniquely human. But studies of coyotes, cockatoos and other creatures are prompting some scientists to reconsider.
Posted on 2 November 2026 | 7:42 pm
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There are more than 1.5 million known zoological species on Earth, with at least as many enigmas. Here are our top 10.
Posted on 2 November 2026 | 10:00 am
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To escape predators, dwarf reed snakes trade slithering for rolling to safety.
Posted on 1 November 2026 | 10:01 am
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The man who helped develop the technology for liquid crystal displays — the screens in flat-panel televisions and laptops — has died at 101.
Posted on 1 November 2026 | 10:00 am
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The cartoonist Peter Kuper has filled a corridor with drawings of monarchs, depicting the beauty of the annual mass migration to Mexican forests — as well as its perils.
Posted on 1 November 2026 | 10:00 am
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As many as 40 percent of injured soldiers face severe infections that can lead to amputations and death. One initiative is trying to fix that.
Posted on 31 October 2026 | 10:54 pm
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Experts warn that online black markets for mummified remains could pose health risks.
Posted on 31 October 2026 | 5:55 pm
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Countries renewed their promises to protect wildlife at U.N. talks in Armenia, but how to cover the costs remains a question.
Posted on 31 October 2026 | 5:40 pm
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The system that has driven life-altering discoveries and helped make the United States a superpower is now under intense strain.
Posted on 31 October 2026 | 5:32 pm
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Minerals in the space rock provide hints about the early history of the red planet, when water was flowing on the surface.
Posted on 30 October 2026 | 9:13 pm
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Stewart's iconic "Star Trek" character inspired astronomers and astronauts in countless ways: "You were the captain of my childhood," one astrophysicist said.
Posted on 30 October 2026 | 3:55 pm
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Mass graves found at a Stone Age farming settlement in Slovakia have researchers baffled about the details — including the location of the missing skulls.
Posted on 30 October 2026 | 9:01 am