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What a Crab Sees Before It Gets Eaten by a Cuttlefish

Barbara Chase -
In May 2023, Matteo Santon was filming cuttlefish in the shallow-water reefs around Indonesia. A marine visual ecologist at Bristol University in England,...
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Rising Temperatures Are Scrambling the Base of the Ocean Food Web

Barbara Chase -
Humans are living in a plankton world. These minuscule organisms are spread across the oceans, covering nearly three-quarters of the planet, and are...
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U.S.A.I.D. Memos Detail Human Costs of Cuts to Foreign Aid

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The Trump administration’s decision to withdraw foreign aid and dismantle the U.S. Agency for International Development is likely to cause enormous human suffering,...
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Federal Officials Underplaying Measles Vaccination, Experts Say

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In a first test of the Trump administration’s ability to respond to an infectious disease emergency, its top health official has shied away...
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Trump Moves to Increase Logging in National Forests

Barbara Chase -
President Trump has promised to “drill, baby, drill.” Now, he also wants to log.On Saturday, Mr. Trump directed federal agencies to examine ways...
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Vesuvius Turned One Victim’s Brain to Glass

Barbara Chase -
Five years ago Italian researchers published a study on the eruption of Mount Vesuvius in A.D. 79. that detailed how one victim of...
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Vesuvius Erupted, but When Exactly?

Barbara Chase -
During the first 17 hours, Dr. Scarpati said, Pompeii was blanketed with pumice lapilli from the column, which fluctuated like a giant fountain...
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How to Watch Firefly’s Blue Ghost Mission 1 Moon Landing

Barbara Chase -
The moon will be a busy place this year. There are three robotic spacecraft in space right now that are aiming to set...
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How Fungi Move Among Us

Barbara Chase -
Mycorrhizal fungi are the supply chains of the soil. With filaments thinner than hair, they shuttle vital nutrients to plants and tree roots.In...
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France Bans PFAS in Many Products, but Not Cookware

Barbara Chase -
A year ago, France embarked on an ambitious goal: To craft the world’s widest ranging ban on the use of harmful “forever chemicals”...
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