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Behold the Weird Physics of Double-Impact Asteroids Jul 06, 2022

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Mars is littered with craters made by binary asteroids. These collisions are as intriguing as they are powerful.

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Forget Lasers. The Hot New Tool for Physicists Is Sound Jul 04, 2022

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From acoustic tweezers to holograms, engineers are taking inspiration from the field of optics—and riding the sound wave.

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Covid Shots for Little Kids Are Finally Here. Now for the Hardest Part Jul 01, 2022

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Hesitancy, bureaucracy, inequity, and the need to explain new formulas could slow down vaccine delivery to the last unprotected group.

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Do Birth Control Pills Affect Your Mood? Scientists Can’t Agree Jun 30, 2022

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Over 100 million women are estimated to use oral contraceptives, but studies on the pill’s mental health effects raise more questions than answers.

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This Year’s Extreme Weather Is Just Getting Started Jun 29, 2022

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Climate change and natural variabilityÂ are making 2022 a year of big weather events—so get ready for more heat waves, droughts, and hurricanes.

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How the Sugars In Spit Tame the Body’s Unruly Fungi Jun 28, 2022

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Mucus keeps the microbiome healthy. Now scientists have clues about how it stops good microbes from going bad.

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The Black Carbon Cost of Rocket Launches Jun 27, 2022

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Researchers say that the rising number of space launches around the world will warm parts of the atmosphere and thin the ozone layer.

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Particle Hunters Can Spend a Lifetime Searching for Answers Jun 24, 2022

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In physics, experiments to answer the big questions can take decades to run—and might not produce any findings at all.

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The US Can Halve Its Emissions by 2030—if It Wants To Jun 23, 2022

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The economics are clear: Renewables are cheap enough for the country to rapidly decarbonize. Less evident is the political will to pull it off.

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Australia Has Finally Woken Up to Climate Change Jun 22, 2022

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The newly elected government has promised stricter emission limits and more renewables in the wake of fires, droughts, and floods.

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