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You Really Are a Tick Magnet

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Most people try, or at least hope, to avoid ticks. The tiny arachnids spread a variety of harmful diseases, as they expand their...
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When’s the best time to go birding? Whenever you read this.

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Even the early afternoon, the hottest part of the day and often considered the most challenging time to bird, can be a great...
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Neutrinos Build a Ghostly Map of the Milky Way

Barbara Chase -
From ghostlike particles, astrophysicists have pieced together a new map of the galaxy we live in.For now, that map of the Milky Way...
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Through Pandemics and Wildfires, Can Air Sensors Keep Offices Safe?

Barbara Chase -
When wildfire smoke began blanketing New York City in June, employees at Skidmore, Owings & Merrill, an architecture and design firm in Lower...
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How Bad Will the Ticks Be This Summer?

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If you end up becoming one of the hundreds of thousands of New Yorkers expected to be bitten by a tick this summer,...
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The Cosmos Is Thrumming With Gravitational Waves, Astronomers Find

Barbara Chase -
On Wednesday evening, an international consortium of research collaborations revealed compelling evidence for the existence of a low-pitch hum of gravitational waves reverberating...
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Auto-Industry Group Blasts Biden’s Plan to Electrify America’s Cars

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But last year, all-electric vehicles accounted for just 5.8 percent of new cars sold in the United States. Mr. Biden last year signed...
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The Emerging Science of Tracing Smoke Back to Wildfires

Barbara Chase -
As smoke from wildfires crosses state and international borders more frequently, tracking and studying it is increasingly important for shaping air quality and health...
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Cuttlefish Are Constantly Reinventing Themselves

Barbara Chase -
Put a cuttlefish on the spot — or, to be more exact, a series of spots — and it will disappear. These relatives...
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Climate Change Can Turn Snow Into Rain, Raising Risks in Mountain Zones

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As the climate warms, mountain regions will get more extreme rainfall than previously thought, and more of the dangers that come with it,...
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