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A leaked memo shows the NOAA’s primary science division staring down 74 percent in budget cuts—and some foresee dire impacts across society. Interview by Jenni Doering, Living on Earth From our collaborating partner Living on Earth, public radio’s environmental news magazine, an interview by Jenni Doering with journalist Abrahm Lustgarten,Continue Reading

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Francis-era reforms that saw a diverse group of cardinals join the mix make his successor nearly impossible to call., Cardinals from around the world will meet this week to formally begin selecting the next pope in a secret ballot after the late Pope Francis‘s funeral on April 26. The vote itselfContinue Reading

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The taxation of trade routes is in dispute and turmoil has engulfed our Republic. But there is a new hope. We must band together and resist the dark side. Do or do not. There is no try. (Happy Star Wars Day)Continue Reading

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Defenders of Wildlife strongly denounces the House Natural Resources Committee’s text for the upcoming reconciliation bill. This egregious legislation would undermine critical wildlife protections and destroy or degrade large swaths of wildlife habitats through destructive mandates for increased logging and massive oil and gas lease sales on American public land,Continue Reading

Traditional forest medicinal plant ghost pipe used differently today

Despite a long history of traditional medicinal use in the United States, the collection, consumption and efficacy of the peculiar forest plant aptly named ghost pipe, scientific name Monotropa uniflora, remains a mystery. Now, with social media and the internet driving a resurgence in the harvest and economic trade of the parasitic species — whichContinue Reading

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Physicist Mario Krenn uses artificial intelligence to inspire and accelerate scientific progress. He runs the Artificial Scientist Lab at the Max Planck Institute for the Science of Light, where he develops machine-learning algorithms that discover new experimental techniques at the frontiers of physics and microscopy. He also develops algorithms thatContinue Reading