physical sciences
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New Video Puts Iconic Image of Black Hole in a Cosmic Context
Zooming out from the M87 black hole. Gif: Event Horizon Telescope (EHT) Collaboration/Gizmodo Two years ago, astronomers acquired the first…
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Former CDC Director Now Promoting Unproven Virus-Killing Tech
Photo: Tasos Katopodis (Getty Images) The former director of the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention under Donald Trump, Dr.…
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Big Oil Fed Educators Stats to Push Back on Biden Climate Goals
Photo: John Moore (Getty Images) For years, Big Oil has cozied up to American public schools—and now they seem to…
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Methane Has Never Risen This Fast in the Atmosphere
Flaring during oil and gas production is a big source of methane.Photo: Matthew Brown (AP) There’s more methane in the…
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Missouri Man Sentenced for Buying Chemical Weapon: DOJ
A warning sign at a chemical weapons disposal facility at GEKA in Munster, Germany, in 2013 (used here as stock…
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A Toxin From Blue-Green Algae Can Go Airborne, Study Finds
A blue-green algae bloom documented along the St. Lucie River in Port Saint Lucie, Florida, on July 5, 2016. Photo:…
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Physicists Laser-Cool Antimatter to Near Absolute Zero
Makoto Fujiwara with CERN’s ALPHA Experiment apparatus.Photo: Maximilien Brice For a little more than a week in July 2018, a…
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Narwhal Tusks Show Climate Change and Pollution Reshape the Arctic
There’s no question that we’re messing up the oceans big time. But shocking new research shows the world’s addiction to…
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US Is One Step Closer to Having Program to Study Blocking Sun
A cargo plane on its final approach into Long Beach Airport passes in front a hazy sun caused by smoke…
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The Oil and Gas Industry Is Fighting North Face for Some Reason
Photo: Ilya S. Savenok (Getty Images) The North Face has become the oil industry’s new favorite brand to hate. It…
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