Solar was the second-biggest source of new electricity generation capacity in 2013. A trade war between the U.S. and China, however, could change all that
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Don’t Confuse Me With Facts: When Misinformation Kills
Vaccines save lives. Period. Any Questions?
Famous Scientist Will Make You Smart. Click Here
Bestselling author and Ivy League physicist Brian Greene is launching an online university like none before it
Window on Infinity: From Saturn to Mars to Deep Space to Home
An album of space images—including a poignant shot of a blacked-out North Korea—tell this month’s tale of our place in the cosmos.
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Our Global Diet Is Becoming Increasingly Homogenized—and That’s Risky
A new study confirms that worldwide, we’re increasingly eating foods from the same small number of staple crops, which makes the global food supply vulnerable to new diseases and pests
Cosmos Reboot: Geek TV at Its Very Best
Neil deGrasse Tyson’s reinvention of the Carl Sagan blockbuster honors—and updates—the original
Virus Resurrected After Chilling in Siberia for 30,000 years
Experts say contagion does not present danger to humans or animals
How to Know If Someone’s Really Dead
A close call at a funeral home has anyone who plans to die one day worrying
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Thanks to Climate Change, West Nile Virus Could Be Your New Neighbor
A new study shows how climate change will contribute to the spread of the mosquito-borne West Nile virus
This Is What Life Is Like From a Shark’s Perspective
Cameras and other equipment attached to multiple species of sharks provide a rare look into a world you’d otherwise avoid
Climate Research Satellite Blazes Into Space
It’s the most sophisticated satellite of its kind