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  1. Tech

    Desalination pours more toxic brine into the ocean than previously thought

    Desalination plants help offset the world’s growing water needs, but they also produce much more supersalty water than scientists realized.

    By Jeremy Rehm
  2. Chemistry

    Your phone could reveal your radiation exposure after a nuclear disaster

    Examining personal electronics may help gauge people’s radiation exposure in the event of a nuclear accident or attack.

    By Maria Temming
  3. Science & Society

    Here’s how the record-breaking government shutdown is disrupting science

    The partial government shutdown is taking many U.S. scientists out of commission and putting up hurdles to their research.

    By Laurel Hamers
  4. Climate

    A drill built for Mars is being used to bore into Antarctic bedrock

    An autonomous drill originally designed for work on Mars has its first mission in Antarctica.