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Donald Trump has joined big firms in demanding workers end remote work. But the evidence suggests that hurts both workers and the work

Molted penguin feathers record mercury infiltrating Antarctica’s food web

News of an asteroid with a 2 percent chance of hitting Earth in 2032 made headlines. But is its fluctuating risk really cause for concern?

NOAA and the NWS provide public weather data that private companies cannot recreate

Billions of dollars for rural electric cooperatives are stuck in limbo as the Department of Agriculture continues the Trump administration’s funding freeze, despite federal court orders

Earth’s core is transforming, which could affect the length of our 24-hour day, Earth’s magnetic field, and more

In partnership with NASA, the Intuitive Machines lander Athena will send a water-seeking drill, a pogo-sticking crater probe and other novel technologies to the moon

Three forensic examiners at the Rhode Island State Crime Laboratory last year mistakenly concluded that cartridge cases from a crime scene matched a specific firearm. The error exposes systemic flaws that risk wrongful convictions

Most corals can’t relocate, but they’re finding ways to beat the heat

“Laboratories would literally go dark,” says a medical research insider, if Trump administration cuts to NIH funding go through. Patients will suffer from lost medical advances, he tells Scientific American

Google’s AlphaGeometry2 AI reaches the level of gold-medal students in the International Mathematical Olympiad

Mass layoffs at the U.S. climate and weather agency would have a ripple effect across the economy, say former NOAA officials