SCIENCE
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The Supreme Court’s Contempt for Facts Is a Betrayal of Justice
The Supreme Court’s Contempt for Facts Is a Betrayal of Justice The Supreme Court majority’s recent decisions about homelessness, public health and regulatory power, among others, undermine the role of evidence, expertise and honesty in American democracy By The Editors Douglas Rissing/Getty Images When the Supreme Court’s Ohio v. EPA decision blocked Environmental Protection Agency limits on Midwestern states polluting…
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From Diagnosing Brain Disorders to Cognitive Enhancement, 100 Years of EEG Have Transformed Neuroscience
From Diagnosing Brain Disorders to Cognitive Enhancement, 100 Years of EEG Have Transformed Neuroscience The EEG has shaped researchers’ understanding of cognition for everything from perception to memory By Erika Nyhus & The Conversation US Human brain waves from electroencephalography or EEG. The following essay is reprinted with permission from The Conversation, an online publication covering the latest research. Electroencephalography,…
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Przewalski’s Horses Are Finally Returning to Their Natural Habitat
The newest equine additions to Kazakhstan’s “Golden Steppe” might seem, at first glance, to be unremarkable, with a donkeylike build and a mane that sticks straight up like a zebra’s. But these seven individuals are members of the last remaining species of wild horse: Przewalski’s (pronounced pshuh-val-ski’s) horse, known as kertagy or kerkulan in Kazakh. Horses roam freely in many…
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Why Hurricane Beryl Underwent Unprecedented Rapid Intensification
Hurricane Beryl’s Unprecedented Intensification Is an “Omen” for the Rest of the Season Hurricane Beryl exploded in strength from a tropical depression to a Category 4 major hurricane unusually early in its development in part because of exceptionally warm ocean waters By Andrea Thompson Hurricane Beryl rapidly intensified from a tropical depression on June 28 to a major Category 4…
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Presidential Debate’s Climate Change Question Contrasts Biden Record with Trump Falsehoods
Presidential Debate Contrasts Biden’s Energy Policy with Trump’s Climate Falsehoods During the first presidential debate, Biden alluded to the Inflation Reduction Act while Trump went on an incoherent rant about “H2O” By Joseph Winters & Grist President Joe Biden and former president and current Republican presidential candidate Donald Trump participate in the first presidential debate of the 2024 elections at…
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Antarctic Ice Hides 40-Million-Year-Old River System
Ancient River System Discovered Beneath Antarctic Ice Beneath the Antarctic ice, scientists find remnants of a giant river system that flowed for thousands of miles By Kristel Tjandra & LiveScience The remnants of a giant river system were found beneath the West Antarctic Ice Sheet (shown here). Geologists digging into the massive ice sheet of West Antarctica have discovered the…
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Green Energy Is Getting a Boost from Iceland’s Melting Ice
Iceland’s Ice Is Melting So Fast That It’s Boosting Hydropower Melting glaciers are creating a green energy windfall in Iceland—but for how long? By Francisco “A.J.” Camacho & E&E News CLIMATEWIRE | REYKJAVÍK, Iceland — Few countries can compete with Iceland when it comes to renewable energy. The island nation gets nearly 100 percent of its electric power from green…
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Heat Waves Deserve Disaster Relief from FEMA, Petition Argues
Heat Waves Deserve Disaster Relief from FEMA, Petition Argues Places beset by heat waves should receive FEMA disaster funds just as those hit by hurricanes or flooding do, labor unions, green groups and public health advocates argue in a new petition By Thomas Frank & E&E News Workers harvest cantaloupe on a farm during a drought in Firebaugh, California, U.S.,…
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The Physics of Breakdancing, a New Olympic Sport
The Physics of Breakdancing, a New Olympic Sport Breakdancing will hit the global stage at the 2024 Summer Olympic Games in Paris, and this physicist is excited to break down the science By Amy Pope & The Conversation US Lee of Netherlands competes in the men’s Breaking B-Boys final during the Olympic Qualifier Series for breaking, BMX freestyle, skateboarding, and…
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Clean Energy Spending Will Surpass $2 Trillion This Year
Clean Energy Spending Will Surpass $2 Trillion This Year Investments in carbon-free energy will be twice as large as fossil fuel spending in 2024, the International Energy Agency predicts By Benjamin Storrow & E&E News Technicians from CP Solar work on the maintenance of solar panels at a partially solar-powered factory in the industrial area of Nairobi, on October 9,…
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