South America is a continent of extraordinary contrasts. Emerald rainforests sit next to scorching deserts, snow-capped ...

This month's horrific flooding in Texas Hill Country, which killed at least 135 people when the Guadalupe River rose to unprecedented heights — at unprecedented speed — is the latest example of ...

Scientists are trained to be professional skeptics: to always judge the validity of a claim or finding on the basis of objective, empirical evidence. They are not cynics; they just ask themselves and ...

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