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26.01.2023

How we saved pandas from extinction as the rest of nature collapsed - Vox

The trouble with the conservation’s cutest mascot.

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23.01.2023

The US Federal Reserve is starting a climate change experiment on major banks - Vox

The central bank is studying climate risks at major banks, but Fed chair Jerome Powell doesn’t want to get involved in policy.

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21.01.2023

The Last of Us’s “zombie” fungus, explained - Vox

The HBO show, starring Pedro Pascal, is inspired by a real fungus known as Cordyceps. It can turn ants into zombies.

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19.01.2023

How big is the universe? Henrietta Leavitt led Edwin Hubble to a better, bigger answer. - Vox

Edwin Hubble’s name is everywhere in astronomy. Henrietta Leavitt’s should be too.

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19.01.2023

Honey bees are not in peril. These bees are. - Vox

European honey bees are nonnative and abundant in the US. Many native bees, meanwhile, are in decline.

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17.01.2023

Why can’t California just save all its rain water? - Vox

The Golden State could save more of the water from its atmospheric rivers to deal with drought.

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16.01.2023

Europe’s cruel live farm animal trade, explained - Vox

Farm animals starve and drown while shipped overseas for slaughter. Europe is considering a ban on the trade.

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12.01.2023

California’s deadly floods show how climate change can create weather whiplash - Vox

Opposing weather extremes — abundant rainfall and severe drought — could become more common.

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11.01.2023

Disruptive scientific research is slowing — and threatening progress - Vox

Science is the engine of society, and the decline of truly disruptive research is a warning sign for all of us.

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11.01.2023

SpaceX’s Starlink to Amazon’s Project Kuiper: The future of satellite internet - Vox

Satellite internet is going mainstream. So are its challenges.

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11.01.2023

US greenhouse gas emissions rose in 2022, but GDP grew faster - Vox

Economic growth outpaced the increase in carbon dioxide pollution.

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11.01.2023

Why winter energy bills are at their highest in a decade - Vox

Cold weather and rising gas exports will hurt low-income communities the most.

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08.01.2023

The meat industry’s antibiotic drug problem, explained - Vox

Meat production is making lifesaving drugs less effective. Where’s the FDA?

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06.01.2023

Why California’s atmospheric rivers can’t break the megadrought - Vox

California’s flooding has turned deadly. It still won’t fix the state’s water problems.

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06.01.2023

Lecanemab, a new Alzheimer’s drug, could soon get FDA approval. Does it actually work? - Vox

A promising new Alzheimer’s treatment must escape the shadow of its controversial predecessor.

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06.01.2023

How XBB.1.5, the new Covid-19 variant, is shaping the pandemic - Vox

XBB.1.5, a subvariant of omicron, is gaining ground in the US, but deaths can still be avoided.

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04.01.2023

Why veterinary medicine supports factory farming - Vox

To fight the cruel meat industry practices like ventilation shutdown, some veterinarians are fighting their own profession.

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03.01.2023

Damar Hamlin collapsed during an NFL game. What happened? - Vox

Damar Hamlin collapsed on the field Monday night. It’s rare, but a direct hit can cause cardiac arrest.

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23.12.2022

Why the US is running low on infectious disease doctors - Vox

The "Fauci effect" isn’t enough to draw physicians to an undervalued practice.

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22.12.2022

The EPA’s “social cost of carbon” and the tricky business of putting a dollar value on a human life - Vox

The EPA’s draft "social cost of carbon" analysis opens up a knotty discussion about US lives versus lives abroad.

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21.12.2022

COP15: The leader of WWF shares hows to actually save the planet - Vox

At the UN biodiversity summit in Montreal, the head of WWF explains what it will actually take to protect wildlife and ecosystems.

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19.12.2022

COP15: Countries adopt a landmark deal for nature - Vox

At the UN Biodiversity Conference in Montreal, world leaders agreed to a historic plan to halt biodiversity loss.

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18.12.2022

COP15: Biodiversity experts share 6 reasons why our environment is not yet doomed - Vox

The state of wildlife and ecosystems is grim, but at the UN meeting in Montreal, hope still comes through.

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17.12.2022

We’re out of monoclonal antibodies for Covid-19. Now what? - Vox

There aren’t any monoclonal antibody drugs that can treat the latest Covid-19 variants.

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15.12.2022

We now have a genuine fusion energy breakthrough - Vox

That fusion announcement is worth getting hyped about, but practical fusion is still a long way off.

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15.12.2022

Can lab-grown seafood help oceans and fish species under threat? - Vox

The case for cell-cultured fish — and the challenges to commercialize it — explained

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12.12.2022

The 2022 FIFA World Cup is missing its climate goals - Vox

Why we shouldn’t give up on reducing the climate impact of sports.

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The Ohio train derailment was an accident waiting to happen - Vox

Millions of Americans could lose Medicaid insurance as the pandemic winds down - Vox

The Cordyceps infections in The Last of Us aren’t entirely real — but the lack of a fungal vaccine is - Vox

Scientists are uncovering a different type of neurodiversity - Vox

California’s EVs are already improving air quality and public health - Vox

Florida student-athletes’ health information is too easy to misuse - Vox

Weight loss drugs Ozempic and Wegovy are changing how patients view their obesity - Vox

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Boeing retires the 747 as NASA invests in sustainable aircraft design - Vox

New government rules aim to put limits on risky virological work - Vox

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Disruptive scientific research is slowing — and threatening progress - Vox

SpaceX’s Starlink to Amazon’s Project Kuiper: The future of satellite internet - Vox

US greenhouse gas emissions rose in 2022, but GDP grew faster - Vox

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Why California’s atmospheric rivers can’t break the megadrought - Vox

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