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The Sound of Science - 'The Dangers of Fighting Fire with Salt Water'
NIU STEAM is back to fight a five-alarm blaze burning with question marks: Why can't salt water be used to put out forest ...
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"Unprecedented": White House moves to control science funding worry researchers
If the Trump administration continues targeting DEI in science and seeking to slash funding, American science will look ...
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"Unprecedented": White House moves to control science funding worries researchers
If the Trump administration continues targeting DEI in science and seeking to slash funding, American science will look ...
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Judge declines to extend ‘swipe fee’ injunction to credit unions, applies it to out-of-state banks
Court had previously granted injunction to national banks, denied it for Illinois banks, credit card companies ...
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Employers added fewer jobs in January -- but the labor market overall remains healthy
U.S. employers added 143,000 jobs in January — a modest slowdown from the two previous months. The unemployment rate dipped ...
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A search is underway along Alaska's coast for a plane carrying 10 people
The disappearance marks the third major incident in U.S. aviation in eight days. The Bering Air Caravan, a single-engine ...
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U.S. Prosecco importers panic as Trump's tariff threat bubbles up
President Trump's threats to impose new tariffs on European goods has led Americans to suddenly stockpile their favorite ...
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U.S. importers prosecco panic
President Donald Trump's threats to impose new tariffs on European goods has caused Americans to suddenly stockpile their ...
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It's like 'dead birds flying': How bird flu is spreading in the wild
That's the way one scientist puts it — referring to how infected wild birds survive long enough to spread it to birds and ...
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Disney, GM and others scrub DEI language, NPR finds. And, unusual virus trends
Several large U.S. companies deleted some or all DEI references from their most recent annual reports to investors, an NPR ...
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Flu cases rise again, while COVID takes a back seat
It's an unusual winter for respiratory illnesses. The flu is peaking twice: once in early January and again in February.
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Health care is key for youths getting out of prison. A new law helps them get it
It's common for young people leaving jails and prisons to end up back behind bars, often after lapses related to untreated ...