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Despite the fact that vaccines against COVID have already undergone strict safety reviews and that people continue to die ...

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As hurricane season approaches, thousands of weather and disaster experts have raised concerns about NOAA and NWS budget cuts ...

The White House’s $175-billion plan to protect the U.S. from nuclear annihilation will probably cost much more—and deliver ...

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Trump has not acted on 17 disaster requests, a high number for this time of year, according to a FEMA daily report released ...

What would it take to create a cyborg brain like the one in the new TV show Murderbot? The answer reveals what makes our own ...

A new study suggests blood and urine samples could provide an objective measure of diets and help unravel their connections ...

In biology classes from high school through university, I learned that mitochondria are little objects that reside within ...

Scientific American spoke with the astronomer who has contributed to the discovery of two thirds of Saturn’s known moons ...