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How to Help and Donate to Wildfire Victims in Hawaii Aug 17, 2023

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From the Hawaii Community Foundation to the Maui Food Bank, donations to these groups aid people impacted by the recent disaster in Lahaina.

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Cities Aren’t Supposed to Burn Like This Anymore—Especially Lahaina Aug 16, 2023

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Humans figured out how to prevent huge fires in urban areas over a century ago. Why have they gotten so bad again?

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Injecting a Gene Into Monkeys’ Brains Curbed Their Alcohol Use Aug 15, 2023

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Chronic drinking depletes the brain’s dopamine levels. A single dose of a gene therapy reset them, and stopped the craving for alcohol.

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How NASA Nearly Lost the Voyager 2 Spacecraft Forever Aug 14, 2023

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The space agency lost touch with the beloved spacecraft following a faulty command signal. Here’s how it happened—and how engineers worked to bring it back.

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The Scary Science of Maui’s Wildfires Aug 11, 2023

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Wildfires were once rare across the Aloha State. But drought, invasive species, and human development have pushed Hawaii into a fiery new age.

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The Weird Way That Human Waste Is Killing Corals Aug 10, 2023

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Wastewater fuels blooms of reef-smothering algae. Better engineering and an army of funny-looking fish can come to the rescue.

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The Mystery Genes That Are Keeping You Alive Aug 09, 2023

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Nobody knows what around a fifth of your genes actually do. It’s hoped they could hold the secret to fixing developmental disorders, cancer, neurodegeneration, and more.

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Everyone Was Wrong About Antipsychotics Aug 08, 2023

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An unprecedented look at dopamine in the brain reveals that psychosis drugs get developed with the wrong neurons in mind.

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Covid’s Summer Wave Is Rising—Again Aug 04, 2023

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Covid-19 cases are slowly increasing across the US for the fourth summer in a row.

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This Prosthetic Limb Actually Attaches to the Wearer’s Nerves Aug 03, 2023

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A prosthetic arm that connects directly to the nervous system gives the user fine control over the motions of individual fingers—just by thinking and trying to move.

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