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Recent events in Iran demonstrate that dropping “bunker buster” bombs on nuclear plants is not an ideal, or even necessarily effective, way to prevent proliferation. It…

Tampa Breaks 100 Degrees F for First Time on Record as Heat Wave Bakes Eastern U.S.Records are starting to fall to the continuing heat dome that…

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Scorching Heat Dome Grips Eastern U.S., with No Relief in SightTens of millions of people are already under heat alerts, and the worst is yet to…

With a 22-page document and $221 million fine, Columbia University ended its months-long battle with the Trump administration that included accusations of civil rights violations, an accreditation…

Millions Swelter Under Relentless Heat Dome Smothering Eastern U.S.High humidity and low overnight temperatures will put tens of millions of people under heat alerts over the…

Amid simmering anxiety about the future of federally funded science, the U.S. government has quietly withdrawn support for cosmology’s next premier project, an experiment that would…

‘Corn Sweat’ Is Making This Heat Wave Even WorseHumid heat is blanketing the eastern U.S. this week, exacerbated by “corn sweat” in the MidwestBy Andrea Thompson…

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Mathematics research typically requires few materials. To explore the secrets of prime numbers, investigate unimaginable shapes or elucidate other fundamental mysteries of our universe, mathematicians don’t…