Scientists Have Sequenced Dire Wolf DNA. Thanks, Science!
Dire wolves: first of their name, last of their kind. Yes, you read that correctly. According to new research published
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In a Pandemic, Medical Illustrators Made Science Accessible
Even with all that research, there’s some room for artistic licence. Illustrators follow some conventions about color based on what’s
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Orientalism, ‘Cyberpunk 2077,’ and Yellow Peril in Science Fiction
2020 has been one of the most tumultuous years in recent memory, but at least, in a few weeks, the
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The 8 Best Science Books to Read or Gift This Holiday Season
by Yuval Noah Harari Yuval Noah Harari’s Sapiens, first published in 2014, told the story of human history as the
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What Happens When You Fly a Science Plane Through Wildfire Smoke
That said, the air wasn’t exactly fresh inside the cabin. “It smells like you’re flying through a campfire,” says Palm.
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The New Science of Wildfire Prediction
Back in 2018, a research ecologist for the US Fire Service found himself suddenly on the edges of the largest
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America’s Top Science Journal Has Had It With Trump
But one of the arguments those Fox News people, as you say, will make is that when scientists voice political
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Those Orange Bay Area Skies and the Science of Light
The sky above San Francisco was the color of television, tuned to the president. To be fair, I stole that
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Health officials insist coronavirus vaccine will be based on science: ‘No shortcuts’
National Institutes of Health Director Dr. Francis Collins and Surgeon General Dr. Jerome Adams assured senators on Wednesday that the
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What the Science of Animal Networks Reveals About Protests
The living world turns chaos into order by making large structures out of small units. The sublime coordination of a
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