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Funding for National Climate Assessment Is Cut

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The Trump administration has cut funding and staffing at the program that oversees the federal government’s premier report on how global warming is...
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One-Third of Maternal Deaths Occur Long After Delivery, Study Finds

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During a recent five-year period, a substantial portion of maternal deaths in America — almost one-third — took place more than six weeks...
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Xavier Le Pichon, Who Modeled Movement of Earth’s Crust, Dies at 87

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Xavier Le Pichon, a French geophysicist whose pioneering model of the earth’s tectonic plates helped revolutionize how scientists understand movements of the earth’s...
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Chinese Lunar Rocks Suggest a Thirsty Far Side of the Moon

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The far side of the moon — the part that always faces away from Earth — is mysteriously distinct from the near side....
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Five Takeaways From Trump’s Plan to Rescue Coal

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Hard hats are back. So is “beautiful, clean” coal.President Trump signed four executive orders on Tuesday to try to bolster the country’s declining...
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NOAA Staffing Cuts Threaten Years of Salmon Harvests

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In Washington State, April is when millions of young Chinook salmon are released from hatcheries, where they started as tiny, pink globes, to...
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Mars Is the Priority, Trump’s Pick to Lead NASA Will Say

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NASA will prioritize sending American astronauts to Mars, President Trump’s nominee to lead the space agency will tell a Senate committee on Wednesday.The...
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Amid Tension Around H.H.S. Cuts, Kennedy Meets With Tribal Leader

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At the very moment that Health Secretary Robert F. Kennedy Jr. was set to take the stage, the governor of Gila River Indian...
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The Skin on Mysterious Medieval Books Concealed a Shaggy Surprise

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Medieval scribes filled volumes called bestiaries with illustrations and descriptions of fantastic creatures. The manuscripts containing representations of these animals also depended on...
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Nuclear Testing Not Advised, Trump’s Nominee Says in Senate Hearing

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Brandon Williams, President Trump’s pick to become the keeper of the nation’s nuclear arsenal, testified on Tuesday that he would not recommend that...
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