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Camp Fire destruction in California
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Development near natural areas puts more Californians in the path of wildfires
As urbanization extends its reach into once-natural areas, more homes and people are at risk from wildfires.
By Laurel Hamers | 2:30pm, November 15, 2018
drugs
News | Science & Society
Drug overdose deaths in America are rising exponentially
By Aimee Cunningham | 6:01pm, September 20, 2018
pangolin
Reviews & Previews | Science & Society
‘Poached’ offers a deep, disturbing look into the illegal wildlife trade
By Sarah Zielinski | 7:00am, September 14, 2018
Brazil's National Museum
News | Science & Society
Before it burned, Brazil’s National Museum gave much to science
By Helen Thompson | 5:53pm, September 07, 2018
Jocelyn Bell Burnell
Soapbox | Science & Society
Jocelyn Bell Burnell wins big physics prize for 1967 pulsar discovery
By Lisa Grossman | 5:25pm, September 06, 2018
an illustration of a satellite orbiting the Earth
Reviews & Previews | Science & Society
‘Accessory to War’ probes the uneasy alliance between space science and the military
By Maria Temming | 10:00am, September 04, 2018
guns
News | Science & Society
The United States and Brazil top the list of nations with the most gun deaths
By Aimee Cunningham | 3:30pm, August 28, 2018
The Thinker statue
Science & the Public | Science & Society
‘Replication crisis’ spurs reforms in how science studies are done
By Bruce Bower | 11:00am, August 27, 2018
glowing aquarium fish
Science Ticker | Science & Society
Americans support genetically engineering animals for people’s health
By Tina Hesman Saey | 3:00pm, August 20, 2018
cheese found in Egyptian tomb
The –est | Science & Society
Cheese found in an Egyptian tomb is at least 3,200 years old
By Cassie Martin | 8:53am, August 17, 2018
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