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Trump’s ‘Iron Dome’ Space Weapons Plan Ignores Physics and Fiscal Reality

“There is always a well-known solution to every human problem—neat, plausible, and wrong,” according to H. L. Mencken. Today we might ponder his words to diagnose the revival of another neat, plausible and boneheaded idea: ringing the planet with orbiting missiles to somehow make the U.S. safer. In January President Donald Trump called for a […]

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3 More Bird Flu Infections in People as Chicken Deaths Affect Egg Industry

February 19, 2025 3 min read The Latest on Bird Flu in Humans, Chickens, and More Bird flu headlines include three new human cases, millions of dead birds in poultry flocks and new personnel moves from the Trump administration By Meghan Bartels edited by Lauren J. Young Edwin Remsberg/Getty Images We’re regularly rounding up the

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Government Agencies, Universities, Nonprofits Pause Critical Work Over Trump Administration Executive Orders

CLIMATEWIRE | Scientists across the country are in turmoil as President Donald Trump wages an assault on U.S. research. They’re worried about their funding and job security. They’re censoring their language around topics like climate change and diversity. And they’re wondering what kinds of science they’ll be allowed to conduct in a rapidly shifting U.S.

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Immigration Fuels Innovation in Science to Make the U.S. More Competitive

February 18, 2025 5 min read Immigration Fuels Innovation in Science to Make the U.S. More Competitive The U.S. will need more than one million STEM workers in the next 10 years to stay competitive. Immigrants are critical to that future By The Editors edited by Megha Satyanarayana In late December 2024 a social media

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Science Crossword: Creative Bursts

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