Enlarge / Dr. Peter Marks, director of the Center for Biologics Evaluation and Research within the Food and Drug Administration, testifies during a Senate Health, Education, Labor, and Pensions Committee hearing on the federal coronavirus response on…
Enlarge / A man walks up the steps of the US Supreme Court.
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Thursday’s Supreme Court decision regarding the use of the Clean Air Act to regulate carbon dioxide emissions from power plants comes down to two specific issues:…
The sulfer-coal-burning John E. Amos Power Plant in West Virginia.
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On Thursday, the US Supreme Court issued a ruling in a case that will severely hamper the ability of the US to limit its carbon emissions under the Clean Air Act. In an unusu…
Enlarge / An Eastern Gray Wolf is a mix of Siberian ancestry and coyote DNA.
Michael Cummings
Man’s best friend was the first of many animals humans have domesticated. But there was no clear before-and-after moment where dogs were suddenly a disti…
Enlarge / Director of National Institute of Allergy and Infectious Diseases Anthony Fauci at Dirksen Senate Office Building on Capitol Hill May 17, 2022 in Washington, DC.
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The country’s top infectious disease expert, Anthony Fauc…
Enlarge / Zeng Yuqun, chairman of Contemporary Amperex Technology Co. (CATL), poses for a photograph in Ningde, Fujian province, China, on Wednesday, June 3, 2020.
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The headquarters of battery giant CATL tower over the coas…
Enlarge / NASA’s James Webb Space Telescope was placed in Johnson Space Center’s historic Chamber A for vacuum testing on June 20, 2017.
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Six months have passed since a European rocket lofted the James Webb Space Telescope into orbit. Since th…
If you have some spare time on your hands and you’re captivated by NASA’s extraordinary exploits on Mars, then how about getting involved yourself by helping scientists solve one of the red planet’s enduring mysteries?
A new project is inviting interes…
Enlarge / The Space Launch System rocket will be back to the Vehicle Assembly Building this week.
Trevor Mahlmann
The US space agency has spent a long, long time designing, developing, building, and testing the Space Launch System rocket. When NAS…
Enlarge / The Grand Canyon viewed from the South Rim adjacent to the El Tovar Hotel on November 11, 2019, in Grand Canyon National Park, Arizona.
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The Grand Canyon is an immense, vibrantly painted geological wonder, treasured fo…