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A nationwide project is surveying the experiences of LGBTQ+ scientists to find out
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Chemotherapy without Pills or Needles
A promising new class of lung-cancer therapies can simply be inhaled, minimizing the side effects to other, healthy organs
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Poachers versus Poop
The key to saving elephants and other species may lie in the DNA contained in their droppings, says conservation biologist Samuel Wasser
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The Making of Dinosaurs of the Isle of Wight
The backstory to a book that, sadly, is no longer that easy to obtain...
Paleo Profile: Martin's Sea Turtle
This Cretaceous chelonian is close to the origin of the hard-shelled sea turtles that still swim the oceans
Including Some Activism with Your Earth Day Arts and Crafts
Remembering the scale and impact of the day's origin may inspire kids to expand their Earth Day plans
Zombie Cicadas' Bodies Are Literally Falling Apart
Parasitic fungus manipulates bodies and bedroom behavior of hapless insects
How Deep Is Your Carbon Footprint?--Celebrate Earth Day with Data
An infographic reveals the most effective ways to live more sustainably
Earth Day and the Hockey Stick: A Singular Message
On the 20th anniversary of the graph that galvanized climate action, it is time to speak out boldly
Explosive History: Vesuvius by Gillian Darley
History and geology meet in one truly sublime read
A Few of My Favorite Spaces: The Moser Spindle
A recent breakthrough in a decades-old graph theory problem relies on this little assembly of seven points and eleven edges
We Can Make Large Dams More Friendly to the Environment
We're unlikely to tear them all down, but math can help us figure out how to reduce their ecosystem impact
If (Virtual) Reality Feels Almost Right, It's Exactly Wrong
How adding touch to VR can lead to an “uncanny valley” of sensations—and what we can do about it
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