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This Artificial Wetland Is Reusing Wastewater to Revive a Lost Ecosystem
Las Arenitas is an artificial oasis that recycles used water from the border city of Mexicali to regenerate ecosystems in the Colorado River delta.Read More
Eli Lilly Sues 4 GLP-1 Telehealth Startups, Escalating War on Knockoff Drugs
Pharmaceutical giant Eli Lilly alleges the companies are selling off-brand versions of its best-selling diabetes and weight-loss drugs, Mounjaro and Zepbound.Read More
Scientists Are Mapping the Bizarre, Chaotic Spacetime Inside Black Holes
By understanding the churning region near singularities, physicists hope they might be able to reconcile gravity and quantum mechanics.Read More
As Summer Approaches, Federal Cuts Threaten Program to Keep Vulnerable People Cool
Some $380 million is now in limbo after reductions in the federal workforce affected staff that run a program helping low-income people pay their energy [...]
Scientists Think They’ve Found the Region of the Brain That Regulates Conscious Perception
A new experiment suggests that the thalamus plays a key role in humans becoming consciously aware of stimuli their brain receives.Read More
FEMA Isn’t Ready for Disaster Season, Workers Say
Instability, cuts, and a looming sense of dread have FEMA employees unsure the agency is ready for hurricanes, fires, and floods. “We are being set [...]
‘We Are Not Programmed to Die,’ Says Nobel Laureate Venki Ramakrishnan
The structural biologist, who has devoted his life to studying the processes behind aging, discusses the surprising things he has learned and the public misunderstandings [...]
The Wild Plan to Terraform Mars by Slamming Asteroids Into It
If future Mars colonizers want to survive without pressure suits, they’ll need to generate a denser atmosphere. One way to achieve this could be to [...]