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Critical Minerals Don’t Belong In Landfills — Microwave Tech Offers A Cleaner Way to Reclaim Them

When the computer or phone you’re using dies and you drop it off for recycling, do you know what happens?

Jun 3

Critical Minerals Don’t Belong In Landfills — Microwave Tech Offers A Cleaner Way to Reclaim Them

Jun 3

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The New Climate.

Managing Ecosystems Under Climate Threat Requires New Thinking

Park and forest managers can’t rely on the past any longer to understand future risks. Climate change is changing the game.

May 30

Managing Ecosystems Under Climate Threat Requires New Thinking

May 30

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Wise & Well

Funding Cuts to the National Science Foundation Jeopardize Economic Growth, National Security and…

The Trump administration has terminated hundreds of grants that support engineering, biology, geology, computer science, STEM education and…

May 25

Funding Cuts to the National Science Foundation Jeopardize Economic Growth, National Security and…

May 25

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Fossils et al.

Tiny cut marks on animal bone fossils reveal that human ancestors were in Romania 1.95

Researchers reexamining fossils identified telltale marks made by human ancestors cutting meat from bones. The discovery pushes back the…

May 23

Several fossils with possible cut marks from Grăunceanu, Romania

May 23

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The New Climate.

How the US Can Mine its Own Critical Minerals − Without Digging New Holes

Rare earth elements are tiny yet essential parts of many of the technologies you use every day. New techniques make their recovery viable.

May 23

How the US Can Mine its Own Critical Minerals − Without Digging New Holes

May 23

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Wise & Well

How Much Do Genes Even Affect Your Disease Risk?

Lifestyle factors like food and exercise, even medications, greatly influence whether and how you get chronically ill, new research finds

May 22

How Much Do Genes Even Affect Your Disease Risk?

May 22

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The New Climate.

Humans Are Killing Helpful Insects − These Steps Can Reduce The Harm

Insects are under pressure from several threats at once, from pesticides to habitat loss to pollution.

May 20

Humans Are Killing Helpful Insects − These Steps Can Reduce The Harm

May 20

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The New Climate.

Worsening Allergies Aren’t Your Imagination − It’s Climate Change

From stronger winds to pollen seasons expanding by almost a month, more people are suffering from hay fever.

May 14

Worsening Allergies Aren’t Your Imagination − It’s Climate Change

May 14

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Wise & Well

How to Define Success

Honor your values, invest in yourself and don’t forget your ‘happy circle,’ this business professor advises

May 13

How to Define Success

May 13

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The New Climate.

Why Battery Performance is Like Traffic (and How To Model It)

The trade-off between speed and accuracy is at the heart of battery research. Scientists and engineers are exploring how to solve it.

May 7

Why Battery Performance is Like Traffic (and How To Model It)

May 7

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