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Twelve Years Ago, the Kyoto Protocol Set the Stage for Global Climate Change Policy
The predecessor of today’s Paris Agreement got us one step closer to an international plan of action on climate change
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This Biologist Defies Gravity (and Glass Ceilings) to Document the Effects of Climate Change
As one of five American women in this role, Heather Wilson blends aviation and birds to bolster climate change records
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Science Is Falling Woefully Behind in Testing New Chemicals
Over 10 million new chemicals are synthesized each year, but with little funding science can’t keep up
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Meet the Researchers Who Scour the World’s Most Dangerous Corners in Search of Biological Riches
Militants, malaria and pirates are just some of the challenges these scientist-explorers face in their quest to map the world’s diversity
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Most Expensive Science Book Sells for $3.7 Million
An anonymous buyer paid triple the estimated sale price for this first-edition copy
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Someone Paid $46,000 for a Bunch of Mold
Its discovery was an accident, but this scientific sample changed the course of medicine forever
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Scientists Discover Cosmic Dust in the Grime of City Gutters
Usually only found in remote locations, a dedicated amateur scientist combed through pounds of urban debris to recover these space specks
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Eunice Foote’s career highlights the subtle forms of discrimination that have kept women on the sidelines of science
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The Four Newest Elements Now Have Names
Chemistry governing body officially approves names for the four newest additions to the Periodic Table
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American Culture’s Unlikely Debt to a British Scientist
A fortuitous influx of cash launched the Smithsonian Institution and its earliest art collection
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Jive to the Academic Beat With This Year’s “Dance Your Ph.D.” Winners
Sometimes explaining complex scientific research requires a cow doing the worm, glittering e. coli and an immune cell with a killer plie
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Prize-Winning Photos Capture the Big Beauty of a Microscopic World
Nikon’s Small World Photography Competition celebrates the gorgeous details of nature
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Publisher Set to Release Exact Replicas of the World’s Most Mysterious Manuscript
There will be 898 copies made of the coded Voynich Manuscript, which has stumped scholars for over a century
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What Brexit Would Mean for U.K.’s Arts, Sciences and Other Sectors
Exiting the European Union could have far ranging consequences for industries throughout the United Kingdom
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Guy Consolmangno, the Vatican’s Chief Astronomer, on Balancing Church With the Cosmos
The MIT graduate speaks to how he ended up studying the stars for the Catholic Church
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Siddhartha Mukherjee Follows Up Biography of Cancer With “An Intimate History” of Genetics
The Pulitzer Prize winner calls his latest not a sequel, but a prequel to his bestseller
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Neuroscientist David Eagleman on What Is Possible in the Cosmos
The author tackles where the human brain and astronomy intersect
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A Science Lecture Accidentally Sparked a Global Craze for Yogurt
More than a century ago, a biologist’s remarks set people searching for yogurt as a cure for old age
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CERN Seeks International Artists For Full-Time Residency
The European Center for Nuclear Research is calling for art submissions for its annual award
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