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We’ve entered a forever war with bird flu

We’ve entered a forever war with bird flu

Craig Fedirighi

Avian influenza is “evolving in ways we haven’t seen before,” says Martha Nelson, a computational biologist and staff scientist researching ...

What to know about the U.S. measles outbreak

What to know about the U.S. measles outbreak

Craig Fedirighi

MMR vaccine administer prep is pictured during a drive at the City of Lubbock Health Department in Lubbock, Texas, U.S. ...

After 9 Months in Space, Stranded NASA Astronauts Return Home

After 9 Months in Space, Stranded NASA Astronauts Return Home

Albert Wagner

Suni Williams and Butch Wilmore, the US astronauts stranded for nine months on the International Space Station, finally made it ...

NASA astronauts Butch Wilmore, Suni Williams return on SpaceX ship

NASA astronauts Butch Wilmore, Suni Williams return on SpaceX ship

Mickey Vernon

Butch Wilmore and Suni Williams and two other astronauts descend in the Crew Dragon spacecraft to their splashdown, following their ...

NASA astronauts return to Earth after 9 months stuck in space – National

NASA astronauts return to Earth after 9 months stuck in space – National

Albert Wagner

Stuck in space no more, NASA astronauts Butch Wilmore and Suni Williams returned to Earth on Tuesday, hitching a different ride home ...

Undergraduate Disproves 40-Year-Old Conjecture, Invents New Kind of Hash Table

Undergraduate Disproves 40-Year-Old Conjecture, Invents New Kind of Hash Table

Albert Wagner

In a 1985 paper, the computer scientist Andrew Yao, who would go on to win the A.M. Turing Award, asserted ...

The head of a Biden program that could help rural broadband has left

The head of a Biden program that could help rural broadband has left

John Ray

1. Delays in getting broadband to the people. Some states are on the 1 yard line. A bunch are on ...

‘Blood moon’: Photos capture year’s 1st total lunar eclipse – National

‘Blood moon’: Photos capture year’s 1st total lunar eclipse – National

Albert Wagner

Descrease article font size Increase article font size Stargazers around the world were treated to the year’s first total lunar ...

The U.S. is falling behind China in nuclear fusion, needed to power AI

The U.S. is falling behind China in nuclear fusion, needed to power AI

John Ray

China and the U.S. are in a race to create the first grid-scale nuclear fusion energy. After decades of U.S. ...

Solar and wind beat coal in the US for the first time

Solar and wind beat coal in the US for the first time

Albert Wagner

In a first for the US, wind and solar produced more electricity than coal last year, according to a new ...