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How a Two-Story Boulder Ended Up on a 120-Foot-High Cliff

Just a stone’s throw from the ocean, indeed. Small family farms dot the southern coast of Tongatapu, the largest island.

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A.I. Was Coming for Radiologists’ Jobs. So Far, They’re Just More Efficient.

Nine years ago, one of the world’s leading artificial intelligence scientists singled out an endangered occupational species. “People should stop.

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The World Is Wooing U.S. Researchers Shunned by Trump

Help Wanted. Looking for American researchers. As President Trump cuts billions of federal dollars from science institutes and universities, restricts.

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A Toxic Pit Could Be a Gold Mine for Rare-Earth Elements

There’s a tale told about a miner who found copper cans in his garbage dump in the early days of.

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Why Patients Are Being Forced to Switch to a 2nd-Choice Obesity Drug

Tens of thousands of Americans will soon be forced by their health insurance to switch from one popular obesity drug.

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A Decade-Long Search for a Battery That Can End the Gasoline Era

On a frigid day in early January, as she worked in her office in the Boston suburb of Billerica, Mass.,.

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Trump’s Cuts to Science Funding Could Hurt U.S. Economy, Study Shows

Cutting federal funding for scientific research could cause long-run economic damage equivalent to a major recession, according to a new.

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National Climate Assessment Authors Are Dismissed by Trump Administration

The Trump administration has dismissed the hundreds of scientists and experts who had been compiling the federal government’s flagship report.

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