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As Western heat wave ends, scientists try to make sense of its length and intensity

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The scorching spring heat dome that baked the West for well over a week has finally moved along, after setting more than 1,500 temperature records across 11 states, according to the research group Climate Central. In its wake, climate scientists, irrigation managers and local officials are taking stock of a looming water crisis and trying … Read more

Can you trust calorie counts on food labels? What the nutrition scientists say

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The math it took to calculate the number of calories in your favorite snack involved a lot more guesstimation than you may think. The Food and Drug Administration began requiring standardized nutrition labeling — including the number of calories per serving — on most packaged foods in 1990. Obesity rates skyrocketed in the United States … Read more

3 scientists were charged in worm smuggling scheme. Lawyers say China helped get the case dismissed

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DETROIT — China’s government intervened and helped get charges dropped against three Chinese scientists at the University of Michigan who were accused of helping a colleague smuggle biological materials into the U.S., defense lawyers said. The materials turned out to be mostly tiny, transparent worms — nothing dangerous — though U.S. officials last year hailed … Read more

We asked scientists what they think we’ll learn from the government’s UFO files. Here’s what they said.

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Questions about what the federal government may know about extraterrestrial life in the cosmos — or possibly even here on Earth — have inspired imaginations, conspiracy theories, sci-fi literature and blockbuster films. Answers to some of those questions could finally become public after President Trump’s call last week for the release of files related to UFOs or any “alien … Read more