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A decade-old treatment plant in San Diego County, Calif., could leave more water in the Colorado River for states facing severe shortages.
Posted on 6 June 2026 | 8:34 pm
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For millions of years, male great bowerbirds have wooed their mates with flowers and seeds. But in today's urban world, such humble fare may not cut it.
Posted on 6 June 2026 | 9:02 am
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Russian astronauts prepared to make repairs on Friday morning, but after an hour and a half, officials decided no urgent action was needed.
Posted on 6 June 2026 | 1:45 am
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An auction to drill in the Arctic National Wildlife Refuge ended with just 10 percent of the available land claimed for oil development.
Posted on 5 June 2026 | 10:52 pm
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Researchers relied on a newer gene-editing technique that may make it possible to engineer embryos, a prospect that has long alarmed bioethicists.
Posted on 5 June 2026 | 5:54 pm
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The forthcoming order echoes President Trump's decision to repeal executive orders that have protected other public lands from vehicles for decades.
Posted on 5 June 2026 | 5:28 pm
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Here's why farmers and scientists are concerned over the New World screwworm's unwelcome return to the United States.
Posted on 5 June 2026 | 9:06 am
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The Bundibugyo virus, a little known type, previously had caused just two small outbreaks. Now it's at the center of a rapidly widening epidemic in Africa.
Posted on 4 June 2026 | 9:08 pm
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The president announced a total of $700 million in federal money to reinvigorate the domestic coal industry, which has been in decline for decades.
Posted on 4 June 2026 | 8:56 pm
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Light pollution prompts plants to shed pollen longer and stronger, according to new research.
Posted on 4 June 2026 | 8:12 pm
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He mapped the herpes simplex virus genome, revealing how it invades cells. His work also helped lay the groundwork for potential vaccines and gene therapies.
Posted on 4 June 2026 | 5:55 pm
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Gwynne Shotwell, the president and chief operating officer, is the adult-in-the-room foil to Mr. Musk as SpaceX prepares for a blockbuster initial public offering.
Posted on 4 June 2026 | 5:32 pm
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The space agency announced that the MAVEN spacecraft, which has circled Mars for more than a decade, is being decommissioned.
Posted on 4 June 2026 | 1:29 am
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Days after the U.S. said it would kill a network of ocean monitors, European officials pledged to invest more in their version, calling it a "necessity."
Posted on 3 June 2026 | 10:01 pm
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Greenpeace International is arguing under Dutch law that an American pipeline company, Energy Transfer, sought to silence it with a costly lawsuit in North Dakota.
Posted on 3 June 2026 | 8:03 pm
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The $368 million network of instruments collecting data in both the Atlantic and Pacific has been critical to climate and ocean research.
Posted on 3 June 2026 | 4:31 pm
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The Trump administration is dismantling a $368 million deep-ocean observation system that monitors marine ecosystems and the effects of climate change.
Posted on 3 June 2026 | 12:44 am
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The lawsuit argues that it is illegal to pay the French energy giant TotalEnergies $795 million to cancel a planned wind farm off New York.
Posted on 2 June 2026 | 7:33 pm
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A week after OpenAI made headlines with an A.I.-generated proof, a new "declaration" by 16 experts raises concerns that the technology threatens math as a discipline.
Posted on 2 June 2026 | 2:09 pm
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The claim that their loved ones' deaths and disappearances are linked is almost certainly false — but the loss remains real.
Posted on 2 June 2026 | 9:01 am
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Once widespread in Japan, the colorful birds went from being fairly commonplace in the country to being on the verge of extinction.
Posted on 2 June 2026 | 1:09 am
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Severe, hard-to-control blazes in densely populated areas like Los Angeles drove the year's record losses.
Posted on 1 June 2026 | 6:28 pm
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Thousands of mysterious containers lie scattered across northern Laos. These "death jars" may have provided a form of communal interment, archaeologists reported.
Posted on 1 June 2026 | 3:49 pm