What Happens When USAID’s Global Public Health Programs Go Away?
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Washed-up clothing mimics seaweed in stunning cyanotypes
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Google, X and Facebook Are Modern-Day Tobacco Companies
Google, X and Facebook Are Modern-Day Tobacco CompaniesJust as tobacco companies knew…
Valley of Forgetting review: Moving story reveals hidden human cost of drug trials
Alirio, a coffee farmer and participant in the Medellín Alzheimer’s drug trialsSteve…
FEMA to Halt Billions in Grants for Disaster Protection, Internal Memo Says
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Wind farm developers are worried about neighbours stealing their wind
Turbines extract energy from wind, slowing down the wind in their wakeChris…
Tornado Damage Surveys Are a Crucial Tool for Understanding These Dangerous Storms
The U.S. National Weather Service forecasts tornado outbreaks—often days in advance—and issues…
Cannibal spiders have strange trick to stop their siblings eating them
Some spider species eat their siblings, especially when food is scarceDavid VILLA/SCIENCEIMAGE…
Google DeepMind Taught Itself to Play Minecraft
An artificial intelligence (AI) system has for the first time figured out…
AI data scrapers are an existential threat to Wikipedia
Wikipedia is under threat from the AI boomChris Dorney / Alamy Wikipedia…
