The worlds of the solar system are exciting and, so far, mostly pristine places for planetary scientists to study. As space missions continue to travel to Mars, Europa, asteroids and other worlds, questions arise about keeping them safe for continued exploration and observation.
Rather than serve its purpose by standing up for these two members, union leadership joined the airline in its hostility toward their beliefs.
Warm weather often means more time outside with your pets, but higher temperatures also increase the risk of heat stress, which occurs when an animal's body cannot properly cool itself, causing its core temperature to rise.
Millions of people living on tropical islands could face a future of increasingly dangerous heat as climate change drives longer and more intense periods of humid conditions. While rising temperatures are often discussed as the main consequence of climate change, humidity plays a crucial role in...
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In a cinder-block clinic in one of Rwanda's rural districts, a community health worker unlocks her phone, opens a chat window, and types a question that, two years ago, she would have been forced to answer alone. A child has a fever that has not broken in three days. The nearest doctor is hours...