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Nobel Prizes 2026: What to Know
The recipients of the six awards in science, literature, economics and peace work will be declared this week.
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ScienceSee How El Niño Is Washing Ashore in California
An enormous pulse of wave energy will soon reach the coast and continue north, raising sea levels by half a foot and increasing threats from swells and tides.
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ScienceDespite Setbacks, NASA Gives Boeing’s Starliner Spacecraft a Boost
A previous mission left two astronauts stuck in space for months. Still, the space agency is investing $359 million to keep the craft flying.
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ScienceSpaceX’s Starship Is Set to Make Its First Orbital Flight
If successful, the 14th test flight will be a crucial milestone toward the company’s ambitions of sending people to the moon and Mars.
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Salmon Are Thriving After Klamath Dam Removals, Study Finds
The first fall runs of chinook salmon since the project in California and Oregon was completed have surpassed researchers’ expectations.
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ScienceUnder Trump, NIH funding disruptions have evolved. Here's what the numbers show
Experts say that though the National Institutes of Health's total budget suggests that little has changed for the agency and its grantees, that top line masks deeper disruptions. Eva Revolver for NPR ...
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ScienceSuicide Rate Dropped Slightly in 2024, C.D.C. Finds
Suicide deaths have often fluctuated over the years but a sustained downward trend remains elusive.
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ScienceDavid George Gordon, Apostle for Bugs on the Dinner Plate, Dies at 76
His “The Eat-a-Bug Cookbook” made a case for insects as food, while his boisterous cooking demonstrations brought tarantulas and crickets to TV.
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ScienceCould trees developed with gene-editing technology protect Florida's citrus industry?
Environment Story Of The Day NPR hide caption Guy Davies, an inspector for the Florida Division of Plant Industry, checks an orange tree for the insect Asian citrus psyllid that carrie...
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ScienceWhy reshaping memories may hold the key to raising self-esteem
One way to boost self-esteem is to update a troubling memory about yourself, says psychologist Marisa Franco. As your current self, go back in time and give your younger self the reassurance you needed to hear back then. It can give your current self a sense of catharsis. ...
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Scientists Overhaul Giant Particle Collider in Search of Universe’s Hidden Building Blocks
The European Organization for Nuclear Research, or CERN, will dismantle the Extensive Hadron Collider, which helped discover the so-called God Particle, in order to build a more powerful particle accelerator.
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ScienceGlobal Warming Will Breach the 1.5 Degree Celsius Limit. Now What?
As global temperature growth shoots past 1.5 degrees Celsius, the vulnerable countries that fought for that Paris Agreement target face a brutal new reality.
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