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Ken Paxton stirs vaccine skepticism to ingratiate himself with Maha movement
Texas Attorney General Ken Paxton, a Republican Senate candidate, is investigating pediatricians over vaccine administration as part of alignment with the Make America Healthy Again movement amid measles vaccination rate declines.
Texas Democrat James Talarico faces grilling from voters at town hall in tight Senate race
Texas Democratic Senate nominee James Talarico fielded questions on Gaza, abortion, and faith at a CNN town hall Wednesday, positioning himself as a moderate while his Republican opponent Ken Paxton battles scandals.
EPA Preparing to Roll Back Methane Pollution Safeguards
The EPA announced plans to roll back methane pollution safeguards finalized in 2024 for the oil and gas sector, prompting protests from environmental groups concerned about climate and health impacts.
Hawaiʻi’s LNG Bridge Has An Expensive Exit
Hawaiʻi’s proposed LNG infrastructure transition to green ammonia faces significant economic challenges, with modeled electricity generation costs reaching 95 cents per kilowatt-hour compared to 21 cents for LNG.
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Gray whales are starving as the Arctic warms. Will the US protect them?
Gray whale populations along the U.S. West Coast have plummeted by half over the past decade, with climate change reducing their Arctic food sources and causing mass strandings. Conservation groups are preparing legal action against the Trump administration for failing to relist them as endangered.
Repeat offender gold panner caught in protected Afon Wen river
A 68-year-old repeat offender has been fined over £4,700 for illegally gold panning in a protected Welsh river, damaging wildlife habitats.
‘Forcing a reckoning’: How Asia is preparing for a ‘supersized’ El Niño
Asian governments are preparing for an exceptionally severe El Niño weather event expected through 2027, which threatens extreme heat, flooding, and food shortages affecting hundreds of millions of people across the region.
The fate of the Endangered Species Act rests on 2 simple words
The Trump administration has reinterpreted the Endangered Species Act to allow killing protected animals if unintentional, narrowing legal definitions of “harm” and “take” that have guided conservation for decades.
In Savannah, Georgia’s utility regulators faced public wrath over data centers
Georgia’s Public Service Commission held a public hearing in Savannah to address constituent concerns about data centers and electricity rates, with residents calling for greater transparency and consumer protection.
Michael Sheen had ‘constructive’ meeting with first minister over toxic dumping claims
Actor Michael Sheen met with Wales’ First Minister to discuss toxic dumping claims featured in his BBC documentary exploring chemical contamination across 14 sites in Wales and England.
Chemistry textbooks have been getting this wrong for nearly 100 years
An international research team says chemistry textbooks have incorrectly described the inductive effect, a fundamental concept in organic chemistry, for nearly 100 years. Two exam boards have already begun reviewing their teaching based on the findings.
A coral reef thought dead for 60 years is teeming with life
Scientists using modern sonar and underwater cameras have discovered a deep-water coral reef off Benin’s coast that was presumed dead for over 60 years, finding it alive with multiple coral and fish species.
Plague was killing entire families thousands of years before the Black Death
New research reveals plague was deadly to prehistoric hunter-gatherer societies 5,500 years ago, killing entire families despite the absence of urban conditions typically associated with major outbreaks.
Tiny krill are turning up in deep-sea hydrothermal vents. Scientists want to know why
Antarctic krill were discovered at a deep-sea hydrothermal vent off the Antarctic Peninsula, a finding that surprised scientists who are investigating why these crucial crustaceans travel to such extreme depths.
Scientists are about to test Einstein’s gravity with exotic matter
Researchers in Switzerland are preparing to test whether gravity affects exotic matter the same way it affects ordinary matter by measuring muons, particles that could reveal new physics.
NASA’s Roman Space Telescope could last more than twice as long as planned
NASA’s Nancy Grace Roman Space Telescope may operate for at least 22 years instead of the originally planned 10 years due to fuel-efficient maneuvers and lighter-than-expected spacecraft mass.