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Trump’s Cuts Come With Risks. Including From Volcanoes.

When the fuming and rumbling at Mount Spurr, a giant volcano northwest of Anchorage, started picking up in October, Alaska’s volcano monitoring agency...

What if You Could Taste Food From 1,000 Miles Away?

Imagine you are video chatting with a distant friend who is eating lunch, and your pal’s sandwich looks delicious. What if you could...

Tea Leaves Can Steep Away Lead, Study Finds

Tea leaves pull heavy metals from water, significantly lowering the amount of lead and other dangerous compounds that people may be unknowingly drinking,...

In Texas Measles Outbreak, Signs of a Riskier Future for Children

Every day, as Dr. Wendell Parkey enters his clinic in Seminole, a small city on the rural western edge of Texas, he announces...

As the E.P.A. Withers, Will Its Museum Follow?

In a city where world-class masterpieces sit in marble temples that line the National Mall, the small museum devoted to the work of...

U.S. Terminates Funding for Polio, H.I.V., Malaria and Nutrition Programs Around the World

“People will die,” said Dr. Catherine Kyobutungi, executive director of the African Population and Health Research Center, “but we will never know, because...

Katy Perry and Gayle King Are Among Blue Origin’s All-Female Space Crew

The singer and songwriter Katy Perry and the broadcast journalist and show host Gayle King will be among the all-female crew on the...

NASA’S Lunar Trailblazer Hitches Ride to the Moon to Map Water for Astronauts

The moon is not bone dry, scientists now know. But how many drops of water will thirsty astronauts find? No one knows for...

‘Day of Reckoning’: Trial Over Greenpeace’s Role in Pipeline Protest Begins

Lawyers for the pipeline company Energy Transfer and Greenpeace fired their opening salvos in a North Dakota courtroom Wednesday morning in a civil...

Early Humans Thrived in Rainforests

For generations, scientists looked to the East African savanna as the birthplace of our species. But recently some researchers have put forward a...

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