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Sep 17, 2021 10:59 AM
This 120-million-year-old bird may have been one of the first to shake its tail feathers
Sep 17, 2021 8:00 AM
Beams of light—not cables—are carrying the internet across a river in the Congo
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Apr 22, 2020
Air pollution has made the COVID-19 pandemic worse
Both attack our lungs and incite a similar response by the immune system.
Feb 4, 2020
Decades of U.S. air quality improvements may be slowing, and these areas have it the worst
Millions of Americans breathed unhealthy air in 2018.
Jan 23, 2019
To combat smog, Thailand made it rain
Cloud seeding could reduce particulate matter over Bangkok.
Dec 12, 2018
Air pollution is choking solar energy around the world
To capitalize on the sun's rays, countries like China need to part the smog.
Oct 15, 2018
The EPA just scrapped two expert panels tasked with evaluating air pollution
Some argue this is another step to take science out of the agency's decision making.
Oct 12, 2018
Ethanol is renewable, but that doesn’t mean it’s good for us
Trump's ethanol plan would be good for farmers, terrible for your lungs.
Aug 2, 2017
Inside Salt Lake City’s dreary, dangerous smog dome
How it's fighting a perennial pollution problem.
May 18, 2017
Can we just build a giant blimp to clean polluted air?
Your quick question, answered quickly.
May 3, 2017
Your air conditioning habit makes summer smog worse
As temperatures rise, power plants pump out more emissions
Mar 15, 2017
Changing weather patterns are trapping pollution over Chinese cities
Revealing the deadly effects of an invisible pollutant
