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View ArticleTwo Years After Sandy’s Surge, New York City Shifts Toward a Softer...
Two years after Sandy swamped parts of New York City, a vision emerges for a mix of hard and soft landscape changes reflecting the reality of rising seas.
View Article$1,000 Reward for Best Scientific Answer: What is Zzzz…z.z.zzz.z.. Sleep?
Alan Alda and a science-loving army of 11-year-olds want creative, accurate descriptions of sleep.
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A curriculum centered on restoring New York Harbor water quality through an oyster revival is poised to spread through dozens of middle schools serving minority and low-income communities.
View ArticleStanford Audience Unmoved by an Informed Debate Over the Need for a Nuclear...
A vibrant debate, including a couple of Nobel Prize winners, tests the merits and drawbacks of nuclear power in a post-carbon world. The audience? Unchanged.
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