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An Extinction Rebellion environmental activist youth group protest on the roof of the entrance to Youtube demanding they stop climate deniers profiting on their platform on October 16, 2019 in London, England.

YouTube Has Been 'Actively Promoting' Videos Spreading Climate Denialism, According to New Report

YouTube has been “actively promoting” videos containing misinformation abou...

YouTube has been “actively promoting” videos containing misinformation about climate change, a report released Thursday by campaign group Avaaz claims, despite recent policy changes by the platform intended to drive users away from harmful content...

Floodwater covers Highway 2 near Sidney. Iowa on March 23, 2019.

Injuries and Deaths Could Rise with Climate Change in the U.S., a New Study Finds

An estimated 2,135 additional people could die every year in the United Sta...

An estimated 2,135 additional people could die every year in the United States as a result of climate change-related injuries like assaults, drownings and falls, if temperatures rise 2°C over current long-term averages, according to...

Side view of a human skull with brain on a black background

3D Printing and the Murky Ethics of Replicating Human Bones

Some scientist worry that a new way of studying human remains could be misu...

Some scientist worry that a new way of studying human remains could be misused

An artist's illustration of TOI 700 d, the first Earth-size habitable-zone planet discovered by NASA's Transiting Exoplanet Survey Satellite.

NASA May Have Found the Goldilocks Planet of Goldilocks Planets: TOI 700 d

If you ask astronomers how many planets in the universe harbor life, they w...

If you ask astronomers how many planets in the universe harbor life, they will likely say there are only two possible answers: one or infinity. We can rule out zero, thanks to the decidedly alive...

The fully integrated Transiting Exoplanet Survey Satellite (TESS), which launched in 2018 to find thousands of new planets orbiting other stars.

High School NASA Intern Discovers a Planet Orbiting Two Stars

The planet was dubbed "TOI 1338 b"

An injured right whale calf swims alongside its mother about 8 miles off the coast of Georgia on Jan. 8, 2020.

Critically Endangered Baby Right Whale Spotted Off Georgia Coast With Deep Wounds

S-shaped cuts were found on the head of the baby North Atlantic right whale...

S-shaped cuts were found on the head of the baby North Atlantic right whale, a critically endangered species with only about 450 remaining

This illustration provided by Harvard shows data from the 'Radcliffe Wave,' indicated in red, superimposed on an artist’s rendering of Milky Way galaxy. On Jan. 7, 2020, scientists reported that this massive structure of star-forming gases was discovered in the galaxy's spiral arm closest to Earth.

'It Has Completely Transformed Our Understanding of Our Galactic Neighborhood.' Astronomers Discover Tens of Thousands of Baby Stars in New 'Radcliffe Wave' Gas Filament

Astronomers have discovered thousands of baby stars in a new 'Radcliffe Wav...

Astronomers have discovered thousands of baby stars in a new 'Radcliffe Wave' gas filament

YouTube Has Been 'Actively Promoting' Videos Spreading Climate Denialism, According to New Report

Injuries and Deaths Could Rise with Climate Change in the U.S., a New Study Finds

3D Printing and the Murky Ethics of Replicating Human Bones

NASA May Have Found the Goldilocks Planet of Goldilocks Planets: TOI 700 d

High School NASA Intern Discovers a Planet Orbiting Two Stars

Critically Endangered Baby Right Whale Spotted Off Georgia Coast With Deep Wounds

'It Has Completely Transformed Our Understanding of Our Galactic Neighborhood.' Astronomers Discover Tens of Thousands of Baby Stars in New 'Radcliffe Wave' Gas Filament

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