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This week on Entanglements, our hosts talk to an atmospheric chemist and a planetary physicist about geoengineering.
One of the world’s foremost climate models, a DOE initiative a decade in the works, now faces funding threats.
The HHS secretary promised to find the cause of autism. Then he fired federal scientists trying to do just that.
How far should the AAP go to disclose potential conflicts of interest in guidelines and other official recommendations?
The Netherlands allows medically assisted euthanasia for extreme mental suffering. Some doctors question the guardrails.
The first earthquake struck while the town was still asleep. Around 2:00 am on Dec. 16, 1811, New Madrid — a small frontier settlement of 400 people on land now located in Missouri — was jolted awake.
In her new book, “ Rehab: An American Scandal,” journalist Shoshana Walter delves deeply into the nation’s drug treatment industry and finds it sorely lacking. The book traces the journeys of four ...
Breeding better bugs is a high-stakes endeavor. There are now dozens of startups farming insects to sell as ingredients in pet, livestock, and human food. Insects have long been touted as a healthy, ...
When President Joe Biden left office, a group of state and federal officials was nearly finished with its annual report on how the nation draws its flood maps. The group, FEMA’s Technical Mapping ...