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Antarctica’s ‘Doomsday Glacier’ Won’t Collapse in Worst-Case Scenario
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High-Dimensional Sudoku Puzzle Proves Mathematicians Wrong on Long-standing Geometry Problem
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How Food Banks Prevent Climate Change by Averting Carbon Emissions
August 17, 2024 4 min read How Food Banks Prevented 1.8 Million Metric Tons of Carbon Emissions Last Year Redistributing food to food banks before
Tardigrade Fossils Reveal When ‘Water Bears’ Became Indestructible
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West Nile Cases Are Rising. Here’s How to Protect Yourself
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Colds Bring Lots of Snot, But Just How Much?
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Overdose Deaths Are Finally Starting to Decline. Here’s Why.
The scale and tragedy of the U.S. opioid epidemic have few comparisons. More than 100,000 people have died of overdoses every year since 2021. Most