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The setting sun casts a rosy hue over a vast desert.

Climate

A lush, green Arabian Desert may have once linked Africa and Asia

Mineral formations in caves reveal recurring periods of humidity in the Arabian Desert over the last 8 million years.

By Martin J. Kernan11 hours ago

A clear cable connects to the center of a dark-colored computer component.

New computer chips do math with light

By Kathryn Hulick13 hours ago

The cave entrance to a Stone Age archaeological site on Malta. The Mediterranean sea is in the background.

Stone Age hunter-gatherers may have been surprisingly skilled seafarers

By Michael Marshall13 hours ago

This rare medieval manuscript has a dingy brownish cover made of seal skin.

Rare books covered with seal skin hint at a medieval trade network

By Alex ViverosApril 8, 2025

A large white sign outside a hospital corridor proclaims in large black letters, Measles Outbreak. The sign gives symptoms of the disease and has a graphic with information about how to protect children with measles vaccines. A second child in Texas recently died from measles.

Health & Medicine

The U.S. measles outbreak shows no signs of slowing

By Tina Hesman SaeyApril 8, 2025

A photo of the setting sun. The debate over solar geoengineering is heating up.

Climate

Solar geoengineering moves into the spotlight as climate concerns grow

By Carolyn GramlingApril 8, 2025

Ancient cymbals found in what is now Oman

Ancient Arabian cymbals ring up Bronze Age musical connections

By Bruce BowerApril 7, 2025

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Spotlight on Health

Lines of people stand waiting to get into a big gray federal building.

How U.S. public health cuts could raise risks of infectious diseases

Deep funding cuts and widespread layoffs impact everything from local public health outreach to global disease surveillance, making us more vulnerable, experts warn.

By Tina Hesman SaeyApril 4, 2025
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A photo of a building in Mandalay, a city in Myanmar, that toppled over during a magnitude 7.7 earthquake March 28.

More details about the Myanmar earthquake are emerging

A phenomenon called liquefaction, which causes the ground to slump like quicksand, led to significant damage after the Myanmar earthquake. The risk of aftershock remains high.

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The smoke plume from a nuclear test in Bikini Atoll along a beach front.

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Physics

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Earth

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Science & Society

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