Predicting Harmful Algal Blooms and Toxicity in the San Francisco Estuary

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In fall 2023, National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration (NOAA) awarded a five‑year, $3 million Monitoring and Event Response Research Program (MERHAB) grant to improve Harmful Algal Bloom (HAB) detection in the San Francisco Estuary.

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Comet MAPS faces a make-or-break moment as it dives toward the sun on April 4 — could it shine in the daytime sky?

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Comet MAPS is about to face its ultimate test as it sweeps just 101,000 miles above the sun’s surface.

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Pronatalists want more babies. Their solutions aren’t rooted in science

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Conservative pronatalists want a return to the traditional nuclear family. But that family structure is at odds with how humans evolved.

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Secrets of the Bees zooms in on life in a hive

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A new documentary available on Disney+ and Hulu appeals to our sense of wonder to highlight why bees need saving.

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A comet may have flipped its spin and entered into a death spiral

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Gases jetting out of Comet 41P/Tuttle-Giacobini-Kresák may have caused it to reverse its spin in 2017, possibly leading to its eventual destruction.

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Quantum physics can confirm where someone is located

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The concept of entanglement links far-flung particles. That relationship can prove that someone is in the location they claim to be.

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Heavy soil tilling for agriculture can do more harm than good

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The tiny seismic signals of rainwater moving through the ground show how heavy tilling damage soil.

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The US Military’s GPS Software Is an $8 Billion Mess

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The GPS Next-Generation Operational Control System was due for completion in 2016. Ten years later, the software for controlling the military’s GPS satellites still doesn’t work.

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What will happen if Artemis 2 astronauts get hit by a solar storm during NASA’s ambitious moon mission?

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“If an event is particularly bad, there are some places in the capsule, such as storage bays and down by the toilet, that the crew can go to.”

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How to use your Unistellar smart telescope to track the Artemis 2 rocket light curve in the name of science

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Unistellar co-founder tells Space.com about how citizen scientists are using smart telescopes to engage in planetary defense.

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