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Global warming at the Paleocene-Eocene Thermal Maximum 56 million years ago resulted in pollinators spreading northwards, as tropical plants expanded their range and wind-based pollination was reduced

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Lightning declines over shipping lanes following regulation of sulfur emissions

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Wildfire season is starting weeks earlier in California and large fires have grown more frequent due to hotter temperatures and dryer atmospheric conditions, according to analysis of 30 years of fire data throughout the state

The circular economy could make demolition a thing of the past

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Is a corporation a slave? Many philosophers think so

Yosemite embodies the long war over US national park privatization

California farmers identify a hot new cash crop: Solar power

Psychedelic drug DMT and near death experiences

Women with ADHD three times more likely to experience premenstrual dysphoric disorder

Cannabinoid products may reduce total sleep time in adults with insomnia

Porn websites now require age verification in the UK – the privacy and security risks are numerous

Is ChatGPT Making You Stupid?

Research found older adults who consistently ate a healthy diet developed chronic diseases more slowly, in contrast to those whose diets were considered more inflammatory; that is…

Leaders are using appeals to nostalgia, nationalism to attack higher education

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Clawback of $1.1B for PBS and NPR puts rural stations at risk

Computer simulations reveal possible birth of wheel tech nearly 6k years ago

Rare wooden tools from Stone Age China reveal plant-based lifestyle of ancient lakeside humans

Sweet Spot For Daily Steps Is Lower Than Often Thought, New Study Finds

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Antarctic summer sea ice is at record lows. Research shows more icebergs break away from Antarctic ice sheets in years with less sea ice

Could a human enter a black hole to study it?

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