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Aug 29, 2019 • 5min
See How LA Belches Emissions, Block by Block
Researchers quantify the emissions of every road and building in the nearly 5,000 square miles of the Los Angeles metro area. Your city could be next.
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Aug 28, 2019 • 5min
Brazil's Plans for Gene-Edited Cows Got Scrapped—Here's Why
The country was going to start a herd of genetically dehorned cows. Then errors in the cows' DNA cropped up.Link
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Aug 28, 2019 • 12min
A Single Math Model Explains Many Mysteries of Vision
The first anatomically correct model of the visual cortex seeks to capture how the brain sees the world.
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Aug 27, 2019 • 5min
Vaping May Have Killed Someone, Health Officials Say
An investigation into respiratory illnesses connected to e-cigs by the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention turned up the first known death this week.
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Aug 27, 2019 • 5min
The Horrifying Science of the Deforestation Fueling Amazon Fires
At the core of Brazil's out-of-control fires in the Amazon is deforestation. Here's how human meddling fundamentally transforms a rainforest.
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Aug 26, 2019 • 5min
Humans, More Than Drought, Are Fueling the Amazon's Flames
Economic activity appears to be causing the rainforest to burn, unlike the other epic fires ravaging the world.
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Aug 23, 2019 • 5min
Melting Glaciers Are Helping Capture Carbon
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Aug 22, 2019 • 7min
Vaping May Harm Your Blood Flow—Even Without Nicotine
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Aug 21, 2019 • 2min
NASA's Next Martian Rover Is Almost Ready to Rock
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Aug 19, 2019 • 8min
8/19 AM - A Strange Radioactive Cloud Likely Came From Russia
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