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How a disgruntled scientist looking to prove his food wasn’t fresh discovered radioactive tracers and won a Nobel Prize 80 years ago

Each October, the Nobel Prizes celebrate a handful of groundbreaking scientific achievements. And while many of the awarded discoveries revolutionize the field of science,...

Climate change is a fiscal disaster for local governments − our study shows how it’s testing communities in Florida

Climate change is affecting communities nationwide, but Florida often seems like ground zero. In September 2022, Hurricane Ian devastated southwest Florida, killing at least...

Millions of US children have mediocre reading skills, but engaged parents and a committed school curriculum can help

Reading ability among U.S. students remained low in 2022, with 37% of fourth graders and 30% of eighth graders scoring below the basic proficiency...

Why are thousands of Kaiser health care workers on strike? 5 questions answered

More than 75,000 Kaiser Permanente health care workers began a three-day strike in Virginia, California, Colorado, Washington state, Oregon and Washington, D.C., on Oct....

Calling the war in Ukraine a ‘tragedy’ shelters its perpetrators from blame and responsibility

Russia’s war against Ukraine continues to cause unspeakable, unimaginable suffering. By now, the word “tragedy” is firmly installed in the lexicon of the war...

What is an attosecond? A physical chemist explains the tiny time scale behind Nobel Prize-winning research

A group of three researchers earned the 2023 Nobel Prize in physics for work that has revolutionized how scientists study the electron – by...

The Green Revolution is a warning, not a blueprint for feeding a hungry planet

Feeding a growing world population has been a serious concern for decades, but today there are new causes for alarm. Floods, heat waves and...

Making ‘movies’ at the attosecond scale helps researchers better understand electrons − and could one day lead to super-fast electronics

Electrons moving around in a molecule might not seem like the plot of an interesting movie. But a group of scientists will receive the...

China’s WeChat is all-encompassing but low-key − a Chinese media scholar explains the Taoist philosophy behind the everything app’s design

Elon Musk’s vision of Twitter, now rebranded as X, as an “everything app” is no secret. When the X logo replaced Twitter’s blue bird,...

Cell death is essential to your health − an immunologist explains when cells decide to die with a bang or take their quiet leave

Living cells work better than dying cells, right? However, this is not always the case: your cells often sacrifice themselves to keep you healthy....

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