Politics
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Grizzlies Are Coming to Town. Can the West Live With Them?
Montana and its neighbors are adopting new strategies to deal with the increasing number of bears and attacks on humans.
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The Science Nobel Winners Were Short and Fast
The awards for physics and chemistry were a reminder that the most important processes in nature unfold on a scale…
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Amazon Prepares for First Launch of Project Kuiper Satellites
The two prototype spacecraft will test systems to be used in a planned megaconstellation to provide internet service from orbit…
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New Evidence That Ancient Footprints Push Back Human Arrival in North America
Following up a on study in 2021 of tracks found in New Mexico, researchers used more methods to bolster the…
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Elon Musk Says SpaceX Could Land on Mars in 3 to 4 Years
The Latest Elon Musk, the founder of SpaceX, said the company could land a spacecraft on Mars three to four…
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Video Recordings Reveal the Scariest Sound on the Savanna
When confronted with recordings of human voices, 19 species fled instantly, while they were less frightened by lion sounds and…
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Nobel Prize in Chemistry Awarded to 3 Scientists for Work With Quantum Dots
Moungi Bawendi, Louis Brus and Alexei Ekimov were selected for the prize for their discovery and development of the nanoparticles.
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Same-Sex Behavior Evolved in Many Mammals to Reduce Conflict, Study Suggests
But the researchers cautioned that the work could not shed much light on sexual orientation in humans.
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Nobel Prize in Physics Awarded to 3 Scientists for Work on Electrons
Their work “allows us to address fundamental questions” such as the time scale of the photoelectric effect for which Einstein…
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In the Big City, Wildlife Researchers Are on the Prowl
Early one morning last month, Laura Dudley Plimpton found herself in Forest Park, in Queens, staring at a pair of…