The Environmental Protection Agency on Friday designated two forever chemicals that have been used in cookware, carpets and firefighting foams as hazardous substances, an action…
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Nasa chief warns China is masking military presence in space with civilian programs
The head of Nasa has warned of China bolstering its space capabilities by using civilian programs to mask military objectives, cautioning that Washington must remain…
View More Nasa chief warns China is masking military presence in space with civilian programsUnseasonal wildfires beset midwest: ‘The strangest winter I’ve ever seen’
The US midwest typically spends the start of spring emerging from snow. But this year, after a warm winter left landscapes parched, the region instead…
View More Unseasonal wildfires beset midwest: ‘The strangest winter I’ve ever seen’Dinosaur data: can the bones of the deep past help predict extinctions of the future?
In Chicago’s Field Museum, behind a series of access-controlled doors, are about 1,500 dinosaur fossil specimens. The palaeobiologist Jasmina Wiemann walks straight past the bleached…
View More Dinosaur data: can the bones of the deep past help predict extinctions of the future?US imposes first-ever limits on levels of toxic PFAS in drinking water
The US Environmental Protection Agency has set legally enforceable drinking water limits for a group of the most dangerous PFAS compounds, marking what public health…
View More US imposes first-ever limits on levels of toxic PFAS in drinking water‘A mystical experience’: millions watch total solar eclipse sweep across North America
The ethereal spectacle of a total solar eclipse swept across North America on Monday afternoon, giving tens millions of people in Mexico, the US and…
View More ‘A mystical experience’: millions watch total solar eclipse sweep across North AmericaWhat do animals do during an eclipse? Observers in US zoos hope to find out
Not every scientist’s attention will be focused on the skies during Monday’s solar eclipse. Animal behaviorists at several zoos across its pathway will be watching…
View More What do animals do during an eclipse? Observers in US zoos hope to find outScientists confirm record highs for three most important heat-trapping gases
The levels of the three most important heat-trapping gases in the atmosphere reached new record highs again last year, US scientists have confirmed, underlining the…
View More Scientists confirm record highs for three most important heat-trapping gasesBlue, mysterious and arriving by the millions: the alien-like creatures blanketing US beaches
From Oregon to California, blankets of alien-like blue creatures are washing up on rocky beaches. They are Velella velella, tiny colonies of organisms with a…
View More Blue, mysterious and arriving by the millions: the alien-like creatures blanketing US beaches‘HR is not your friend’: why frustrated workers are hiring reps of their own
NK Beale knew something was wrong when her boss started sending her listings for other job openings. “My manager was advising me to put in…
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