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Banning screens is often not an option. So Science News spoke with experts studying screen use and addiction in teens to help families navigate this complex issue.
Earth has survived huge temperature swings over eons of climate change. Humans might not be so lucky.
Defense lawyers have called shaken baby syndrome, or abusive head trauma, junk science. But doctors say shaking a baby is dangerous.
The U.S. push to mine international waters for metals defies global efforts to control and protect these fragile ecosystems.
Sewage-contaminated water absorbs certain wavelengths of light, leaving a signature that can be detected by space-based instruments, a new study finds.
A key advisory group vows to base decisions on evidence, boost confidence in vaccines and protect health. Experts fear the opposite is happening.
These are the first public images collected by the Chile-based observatory, which will begin a decade-long survey of the southern sky later this year.
Humans have driven sharks and their cousins to the brink of extinction. The health of the entire ocean is at stake.
Court ruling allows interim nuclear waste storage in Texas, but the U.S. still has no long-term plan for its 90,000 metric tons of spent fuel.
