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No One Knows if You Need Another Covid Booster
The US Food and Drug Administration is pushing for you to get…
Microplastics Are Polluting the Ocean at a Shocking Rate
If you throw a polyester sweatshirt in the washing machine, it doesn’t…
It’s Time for a Flu Vaccine—for Birds
The wave of avian influenza H5N1—which so far has hit 76 countries,…
Tiny, Explosive ‘Jetlets’ Might Be Fueling the Solar Wind
Streaming out of the sun at a million miles an hour, the…
The Food System Is Awful for the Climate. It Doesn’t Have to Be
As people’s incomes rise, they tend to switch from “starchy staples” like…
Mathematicians Roll the Dice and Get Rock-Paper-Scissors
In their paper, posted online in late November 2022, a key part…
Climate Change Is Making Alaska’s Legendary Iditarod Harder to Run
This story originally appeared on High Country News and is part of…
What Will Ethical Space Exploration Look Like?
The moon is interesting because there are valuable resources people want, like…
As Kenya’s Crops Fail, a Fight Over GMOs Rages
Kenya is in the middle of its worst drought in 40 years. In…