Bipartisan majorities in US favor banning glyphosate
Two-thirds of Americans favor banning the use of the herbicide glyphosate, the active ingredient in the popular weedkiller Roundup, on crops grown in the United States, according to a nationally repre
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22.08.2026
More than half of adults in US say they lack basic statistical understanding
From the daily weather forecast to a baseball player's batting average to an individual's risk of developing lung cancer, understanding statistics can help people in the United States navigate their l
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21.08.2026
Extreme rain shifts toward larger, less frequent storms across eastern US
Extreme precipitation events are among the most damaging natural disasters and a major concern in our changing climate. In the U.S., since 1980, the most destructive events alone have caused more than
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20.08.2026
Two emerging tick viruses that can be deadly are spreading in the US
Heartland virus and Bourbon virus, which are transmitted by lone star ticks, have killed at least seven people in the US
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20.08.2026
Foreign tariffs made U.S. whiskey cheaper... depending on where you live
A new study finds that one side effect of Trump-era trade wars has been cheaper whiskey in much of the United States. But if you live in whiskey hubs Kentucky or Tennessee, your prices actually went u
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20.08.2026
Before COVID-19, children's likelihood of coming in contact with the US child welfare system had already decreased
A new study shows that fewer children had encounters with the U.S. child welfare system in the years before the start of the COVID-19 pandemic and that this decline continued over the following years.
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19.08.2026
How 35% of US employees are left on the margins
You've heard of gig workers, freelancers and temporary employees. But do you know about marginal workers? Accounting for about one in six U.S. jobs, it's a huge category of people who are going nowher
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18.08.2026
Two largest U.S. reservoirs hit record lows amid Western drought
The two largest reservoirs in the United States have fallen to record lows as a severe drought grips the country's West, according to data released over the weekend.
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18.08.2026
Scholar's work in South America helps fight Chagas disease in the U.S.
A three-month Fulbright U.S. Scholar trip to Argentina wasn't just about bringing Texas know-how to South America for Gabriel Hamer, Ph.D., a Texas A&M AgriLife Research entomologist and professor in
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14.08.2026
Spinach peptide discovery leads to citrus greening treatment
A citrus greening disease treatment rooted in more than a decade of research at Texas A&M AgriLife Research has reached a milestone on the path to commercial availability. The U.S. Environmental Prote
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21.08.2026
My family have fished this river for 300 years - now pollution has killed all the fish
A tradition on a river once fished by US President Jimmy Carter could be coming to an end.
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20.08.2026
Hypersonic impact rapidly transforms diamond into graphite, revealing energy-absorbing mechanism
Rice University researchers have developed a way to stabilize diamond during high-temperature and low-pressure processing, creating a strong bulk composite and discovering that high-speed collisions c
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20.08.2026
Tobacco companies helped flood the federal comment process that stalled menthol cigarette ban
When the U.S. Food and Drug Administration (FDA) proposed banning menthol cigarettes and flavored cigars in 2022, nearly 250,000 public comments flooded in—a record response that led the Biden adminis
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20.08.2026
Dark boreal forests of Canada absorb enough heat to cancel up to a 5th of their climate benefit, scientists warn
Dense evergreen plantations in Canada's boreal forest absorb so much winter sunlight that the resulting surface warming can offset 6% to 20% of the climate benefit they are credited with. Canada's cur
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20.08.2026
Fine-particle pollution may undermine plants' ability to absorb carbon and conserve water
Researchers at the Faculty of Social Sciences at the University of Hong Kong (HKU) have discovered that fine particulate pollution (PM2.5) significantly impairs plants' ability to use water efficientl
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20.08.2026
Search in strange quark sector reveals new particle possibilities
Despite science's best efforts to classify the vast menagerie of subatomic particles discovered over the past few decades, some exotic varieties defy explanation. Now, nuclear physicists at the U.S. D
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19.08.2026
Study on impact of changes to information reporting on gig workers' behavior uncovers unreported income
Because of the recent rise of platform gig work, more U.S. workers are being compensated through self-employment. Their earnings are not subject to tax withholding but are generally covered by informa
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19.08.2026
How does wildfire smoke affect the economy?
Wildfires in the United States are getting bigger, and the season is getting longer, fueled by hotter and drier weather from climate change. Even when fires are hundreds of miles away, wildfire smoke
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19.08.2026
US moves to open vast tracts of pristine forests to logging
President Donald Trump's administration on Tuesday proposed a rule change that would open 44 million acres (68,750 square miles) of wild, undisturbed forest for road construction and logging.
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19.08.2026
Lost 'mega-escarpment' across ancient USA may explain Grand Canyon's missing billion years
Scientists have found evidence that a colossal cliff stretching thousands of kilometers across ancient North America may have exposed the heart of the Grand Canyon nearly a billion years before it was
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19.08.2026