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How Sewage Becomes Drinking Water
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How do you make wastewater drinkable? It starts at the sewage treatment plant.
How the West Is Making It Rain, With Science
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A method of boosting snow and rainfall may help ease drought conditions in the western US.
Scientists Make Rare Discovery in Active Volcano
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Volcanologists visit Tofua to study the volcano’s activity.
Could Whale Poop Help Cool the Planet?
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Marine biologists unravel how whales and their poop trap carbon and feed the ocean.
How Your Brain Interprets Color
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A vision scientist breaks down the infamous dress debate.
Scientists Attempt To Free Entangled Right Whale
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Entanglement responders work to free a critically endangered whale from rope.
How an Underwater Volcano Produced a 60-Foot Tsunami
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The most explosive event ever recorded on Earth—and the massive tsunami that followed.
Your Memories Are Not as True as You Think
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It turns out memories have a very shaky foundation.
The Catastrophe That Killed 90% Of Earth’s Species
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An ancient catastrophe killed nearly all life on Earth - and an asteroid wasn’t to blame.
Soothing Science: The Light You See at Sunset
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Relax to the sound of the ocean and discover the science behind sunsets.
Ancient Earth Was a Hellscape
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For millions of years, Earth was a fiery hellscape, inhospitable to life.
What to know about the “Ring of Fire” Eclipse
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The "Ring of Fire" eclipse is coming. Seriously, don’t look directly at it.
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