The Daring Plan to Save Arctic Ice With Glass
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As Concerns About Climate Change Rise, More Developers Choose Wood
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At Least 8.7 Million Americans at Risk of Losing $1,200 Stimulus Checks
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Google to Ban Controversial Stalkerware Apps
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Earthquake ‘Hack’ Reveals Scale of Ocean Warming
Reading Time: 2 minutes NC Rejecting More Black Voters’ Mail-In Ballots Than White Voters’ ; World Missing All Targets to Save Nature ; and More Picks 9/18
Online Learning’s Toll on Kids’ Privacy
Reading Time: 2 minutes We Mailed 100 Letters to Test the Postal Service ; Scientists Baffled by Orcas Ramming Sailing Boats ; and More Picks 9/17
World Isn’t Meeting Biodiversity Goals, UN Report Finds
Reading Time: 2 minutes Whistleblower Alleges Mass Hysterectomies at ICE Detention Center ; Pro-Trump Youth Group Enlists Teens in Secretive Campaign ; and More Picks 9/16
The Price of Inequality? Lost Annual Income of $42,000 for Typical Worker, Study Finds
Reading Time: 2 minutes Vaccine Makers Keep Safety Details Secret ; Fired but Still a Cop ; and More Picks 9/15
Longtime Climate Science Denier Hired for Top Role at NOAA
Reading Time: 2 minutes Ransomware Could Be Biggest Threat to Elections ; Cryopreserved Avocado Could Mean Guacamole on Mars ; and More Picks 9/14
Twitter Expands Misinformation Rules Ahead of US Election
Reading Time: 2 minutes Hypnosis Helped Put This Texan on Death Row ; Los Angeles Suffers Worst Smog in Almost 30 Years ; and More Picks 9/11