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US economy, labor, workforce, August jobs report, surprising gain, rebound

August Jobs Report Delivers Unexpectedly Strong News for US Economy

Science, astronomy, galaxy, research, dark matter, new evidence

Scientists Have Found the Most Convincing Evidence Yet of a Dark Matter Particle

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Blackout Risk Rises As Heatwave Stresses Largest US Electric Grids

Science, health, pollution, human brain, air quality, particulate matter, home filters, brain boost, new study

Home Air Purifiers May Boost Brain Function After Just a Month: Study

science, botany, conservation, trees, Dutch Elm disease, boosting resistance

Disease That Decimated American Elms May Help Bring Them Back

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Success: NASA Launches Newest Space Telescope

climate crisis, biodiversity, conservation, warming oceans, whales, decoding sounds

How Decoding Beluga Whales’ Sound May Save Them — and Teach Us About Ourselves

U.S. voting, November midterm elections, mail-in ballots, executive order, new rules, federal lawsuit, 24 states

24 States Sue to Block New Postal Service Rules for Mail Voting Before Midterms

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Screen Time at Ages 1 and 6 Linked To Poorer Learning, Memory: New Study

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There’s a Plan To Save the Colorado River. Experts Say It Won’t Be Enough.

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What You Need To Know About West Nile Virus

climate change, global warming, extreme heat, U.S. power grid, electricity demand, vulnerabilities

US Grid’s Extreme Heat Problem Is Changing

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