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New maps show high-risk zones for whale-ship collisions
Collisions with ships are a threat to many large whale species. Scientists estimate that thousands of whales are killed by ...
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Anti-lockdown researcher Trump’s pick to lead National Institutes of Health
Bhattacharya will require Senate confirmation before taking over. He would have sway over where the government directs health ...
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Election reform was on the ballot – voters largely said ‘no’
Election reform backers argue that party-focused systems exclude swaths of independent voters who do not identify with any ...
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Matthew May
Matthew May serves as a research scholar with the Idaho Policy Institute at Boise State University. He holds a Ph.D. in ...
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Anna Nisi
Anna Nisi is a postdoctoral researcher in biology at the University of Washington. She is a quantitative wildlife ecologist ...
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Tribal health leaders say feds haven’t treated syphilis outbreak as a public health emergency
The rise in syphilis infections accelerated in 2021, pinching public health leaders still reeling from the coronavirus pandemic.