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Dec 10, 2021 • 9min
This Is What It Will Take to End Deforestation by 2030
Nations around the world made a vital climate crisis declaration to save forests within the next decade. Can they actually do it?
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Dec 9, 2021 • 10min
More Companies Offer Fertility Benefits. It’s Only the Beginning
Employer support for staff who wish to freeze their eggs has great potential—but broader support for parents still lags behind.
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Dec 8, 2021 • 10min
Meet the Cyberpunk Albatrosses Scanning for Secret Explosions
Acoustic waves can detect all kinds of explosions and volcanic activity, but it’s hard to place sensors at sea—unless you’ve got a bird with a backpack.
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Dec 7, 2021 • 8min
Hints of New Life in the Shadows of Venezuela's Last Glacier
When ice goes, lichens and mosses move in and an entirely new ecosystem starts to take shape.
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Dec 6, 2021 • 10min
A New Dementia Test Raises More Questions Than Answers
A 5-minute assessment on an iPad could transform how we screen for dementia—or overwhelm the health care system with worried test-takers.
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Dec 3, 2021 • 7min
Inside the Negotiations to Decide the Fate of Our Planet
At COP26 in Glasgow, negotiators can easily lose track of what day it is as they scramble to save us from climate chaos.
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Dec 2, 2021 • 9min
Want to Lie on a Bed of Nails? Physics Has Your Back
This is the science of why you can recline on an array of very sharp things without getting the pointy end of the stick.
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Dec 1, 2021 • 7min
Lidar Uncovers Hundreds of Lost Maya and Olmec Ruins
An aerial survey in southern Mexico discovered a host of ceremonial sites that could date as far back as 1100 BC.
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Nov 30, 2021 • 11min
The Next Big Thing for RNA? Fixing Moldy Food
Our addiction to chemical pesticides comes with a bunch of downsides. New sprays made from RNA might offer a smarter, cleaner way to wage war on pests.
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Nov 29, 2021 • 9min
The Cutest Way to Fight Climate Change? Send in the Otters
Saving California's adorable (and very hungry) sea otters helps control other species, leading to the growth of more carbon-sequestering vegetation.
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