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The COVID-19 mRNA vaccine generates enough of an antibody response to protect against severe disease
Air quality in the Los Angeles region has plummeted due to smoke from the ongoing wildfires. With al
Over 29,000 acres in the greater Los Angeles area are on fire right now. The fires emerged after the
Fluoridating the public water supply has been common practice for nearly 80 years in the U.S. It's a
Some weapons used by the U.S. military are so powerful they can pose a threat to the people who fire
There are hundreds of atomic clocks in orbit right now, perched on satellites all over Earth. We dep
Funeral services begin today for former President Jimmy Carter. He died Sunday, at 100-years-old.
Snowflakes. These intricate, whimsical crystals are a staple of magical wintry scenes, but how big c
Happy New Year, Short Wavers! What better time to contemplate the conundrum that is zero than this,
2024 was full of science news. There was a total solar eclipse, the Paris Olympics, elections in the
The thick-billed parrot is the only surviving parrot species native to the United States. These brig
In pop culture, squirrels are often seen as jerky, excited critters on the hunt for nuts to stuff th
In the early 20th century, a blight fungus wiped out most of the 4 billion American chestnut trees o
On Christmas Eve, scientists at field stations across Antarctica sing carols to one another...via sh
There are many statistics out there that prove that flying on a commercial airplane is safe, that pl
Towana Looney became the first living person in the world to get a kidney from a new kind of genetic
Old mines leave behind a a pressing problem: Huge holes that make the landscape look like a chunk of
AI uses a lot of power. Some of the next generation data centers may use as much power as one millio
Racism is often covered as a political, cultural, or news story. But how is it affecting people's he
The federal government has been tracking the weather for more than 150 years. Yet over the last few
