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Relaxed Fuel Standards Could Jeopardize Arizona's Air Quality
The state is opposing the Trump administration’s proposed changes over ozone pollution concerns-- Read more on ScientificAmerican.com
War Zone Complicates Ebola Vaccine Rollout in Latest Outbreak
Health workers must plan vaccination effort amidst fighting in the eastern Democratic Republic of the Congo-- Read more on ScientificAmerican.com
Traffic Noise Makes Caterpillars' Hearts Beat Faster
The ongoing racket may interfere with the larvae’s response to stress -- Read more on ScientificAmerican.com
End of the Rainbow? New Map Scale is More Readable by People Who Are Color Blind
The improved palette also avoids some of the problems existing data visualization schemes pose for people with typical vision-- Read more on ScientificAmerican.com
NASA's GPM passes over weakening Hurricane John
(NASA/Goddard Space Flight Center) The Global Precipitation Measurement mission or GPM core observatory satellite provided very good coverage of hurricane John when it passed above the eye of the tropical cyclone on Aug. 8, 2018. GPM found heavy rain...
Efforts to develop small-scale rockets are soaring, but only a few get off the ground
News Brief: The latest tracks 101 reported efforts to create such rockets, compared with a mere 31 in 2015. But many of those efforts are defunct or in limbo, Northrop Grumman’s Carlos Niederstrasser said today at the in Logan, Utah. “We’re definitel...
Blue Origin’s lunar lander program wins a share of NASA’s ‘tipping-point’ tech awards
An artist’s conception shows Blue Origin’s Blue Moon lander on the lunar surface. (Blue Origin Illustration)
NASA is awarding $44 million to six commercial partners to support that range from lunar landing capabilities to in-space refueling and space...
A Levee That Saves One Town Could Imperil Another
Communities hit by devastating floods grapple with how to protect themselves-- Read more on ScientificAmerican.com
Will Dimming the Sun Cool the Planet and Help Crops?
Solar geoengineering would ease heat stress, but also block vital sunlight for plants-- Read more on ScientificAmerican.com
The Truth Sometimes Hurts
We scientists need help to communicate in a post-truth world-- Read more on ScientificAmerican.com