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United States

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Life

Marchers, raise your banners for the tortoise pace of progress

The March for Science reflects the growing gap between slow, steady, vital scientific gains and quick-fire, opportunist US politics, says Dave Levitan

Comment

Black-and-white photo of room with Native America clothes and artefacts on the wall

Humans

Love your anthropological collection? Then hand it back

Culture

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Earth

Internal migration of millions as seas rise will rattle whole US

Comment

Record rains brought stunning superblooms to California

Earth

California’s wet year eases drought but many still lack water

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More than 8 million people in the US have mental health problems

Health

More than 8 million people in the US have mental health problems

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Humans

Why the Trump administration is taking science out of forensics

Analysis

radioactive waste drums

Physics

Waste-munching bacteria could make nuclear stores safer

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Trump plans to revive nuclear waste plans axed by Obama in 2010

Physics

Trump plans to revive nuclear waste plans axed by Obama in 2010

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Health

Rich black people have worse health than rich white people

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Mission control

Space

Go at throttle up: The secret world of NASA’s mission control

A striking documentary movie, Mission Control: The unsung heroes of Apollo, shines a spotlight behind the scenes of NASA’s Apollo moon missions

Culture

Earth

US bill restricts use of science in environmental policymaking

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Earth

How to snatch carbon emissions victory from US climate U-turn

Insight

Earth

Trump signs executive order to reverse Obama’s climate policies

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Technology

US energy systems at the mercy of cyberattack, warns report

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