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Life-limiting heat exposure has doubled since the 1950s, study finds
- Mar 10, 2026
Climate change since the 1950s has doubled the amount of time per year that millions of people around the world must endure heat so extreme that every...
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AI agent could transform how scientists study weather and climate
- Mar 10, 2026
Computer scientists and weather scientists have taken the first steps toward creating an AI agent capable of analyzing and answering questions in natu...
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Subway systems are uncomfortably hot—and worsening, study finds
- Mar 10, 2026
For millions of commuters, the workday doesn't just begin with a train ride. It also begins with a blast of heat. In one of the largest studies ever c...
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How to make farms tree-friendly and boost food production
- Mar 10, 2026
Farmers could turn more of the UK's farmland into productive agroforestry systems if they had access to trusted advice and real farm examples, accordi...
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U.S. Indigenous peoples experience higher rates of fatal police violence in and around reservations
- Mar 9, 2026
Indigenous people in the United States are at higher risk of fatal police violence in and around American Indian/Alaska Native (AIAN) reservations, ac...
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Study warns Colombia could lose one-fifth of cocoa land by 2050
- Mar 9, 2026
By 2050, nearly 20% of the areas currently suitable for cocoa cultivation in Colombia could lose the climate conditions needed for production, particu...
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Evaluating landing sites for China's manned moon mission
- Mar 9, 2026
Observations of the Rimae Bode region on the moon reveal five distinct types of terrain and identify several potential landing sites for China's first...
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How do we know what asteroids are made out of?
- Mar 9, 2026
Asteroids are some of the oldest objects in the solar system: leftovers from the chaotic time when planets were assembling from dust and rock. They're...
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Gene edit makes probiotic safer for immunocompromised patients
- Mar 9, 2026
An international team of researchers has modified a probiotic yeast to make it safer for use by immunocompromised people, older adults and infants. Te...
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How AI could unlock deep‑sea secrets of marine life
- Mar 9, 2026
Somewhere in the North Atlantic, more than a kilometer beneath its surface, a cold-water coral reef stretches across an unnamed seamount. Despite neve...
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Physical activity is linked to the health of the planet, according to a trio of recent studies
- Mar 9, 2026
Global levels of physical activity have not improved over the past two decades, despite widespread policy development and adoption, and large disparit...
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In search of a room-temperature superconductor, scientists present a research agenda
- Mar 9, 2026
The search for materials that can conduct electricity at room temperature without losing energy is one of the greatest and most consequential challeng...