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Trump Firings and Funding Freezes Leave Western States Scrambling to Prepare for Wildfire Season
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Microsoft Claims Quantum-Computing Breakthrough—but Some Physicists Are Skeptical
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The Psychology of ‘Shared Silence’ in Couples
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Why Private Forecasting Companies Can’t Replace the National Weather Service
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