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Weather tracker: Warm March in US leaves snowpack critically low

Strategic angle: Concerns about coming wildfire risk, and temperatures also remain high on other side of Pacific where rare tropical cyclone has formed After a historically warm winter across nine states in the US, the first month of met

Editorial Staff Apr 6

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Heat shield safety concerns raise stakes for NASA's Artemis II moon mission

Astronauts prepare for historic lunar journey amid heat shield challenges.

Editorial Staff Apr 6

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Teenage Shark Bite Victim Recalls Lucky Escape While Surfing

Strategic angle: Oliver Tokic-Bensley, 16, shares his harrowing experience after a shark bite in South Australia.

Editorial Staff Apr 6

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‘I escaped death a lot of times’: one man’s lifelong work protecting gorillas and communities in Congo

Strategic angle: As a child, Dominique Bikaba, was displaced by a new national park in the DRC. Now he is helping to secure land for wildlife and Indigenous groups against the backdrop of ongoing fighting Mist hangs low over the forested

Editorial Staff Apr 6

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Briefing: Longer wildfire seasons pose an increasing threat for species under climate change

Strategic angle: Wildfires are becoming more frequent and are ravaging new parts of the world due to global warming.

Editorial Staff Apr 6

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Carbon accounting can help tackle the hidden emissions of war

Strategic angle: The climate cost of war is not hypothetical. It is measurable, material and increasingly unavoidable The post Carbon accounting can help tackle the hidden emissions of war appeared first on Climate Home News.

Editorial Staff Apr 6

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Briefing: What to know about the Artemis 2 mission's moon flyby

Strategic angle: For the first time in more than half a century, astronauts will fly around the moon on Monday, marking the high point of the Artemis 2's lunar mission.

Editorial Staff Apr 6

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Briefing: Data centers are straining the grid. Can they be forced to pay for it?

Strategic angle: As backlash grows, a nationwide search is underway for solutions to the AI energy crunch.

Editorial Staff Apr 6

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Briefing: A gray whale that swam 20 miles up a Washington state river is found dead

Strategic angle: A juvenile gray whale that amazed Washington state residents after it swam 20 miles up a small river was found dead, with hunger suspected as a possible cause.

Editorial Staff Apr 6

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Opinion: ‘Medical nutrition’ helps keep my son, and many others, healthy. But insurance won’t cover it

Strategic angle: Lifelong disorders require lifelong treatments.

Editorial Staff Apr 6

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Opinion: When my child is in psychosis, the pediatric health care system can’t help us

Strategic angle: “There is no off switch when the crisis is your child,” writes Liz Koch.

Editorial Staff Apr 6

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Briefing: The Iran war is changing how millions of people cook — and what they eat

Strategic angle: Across Asia and Africa, the cooking gas shortage is emptying menus, driving people to coal and wood, and fueling a booming black market.

Editorial Staff Apr 6

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Briefing: UnitedHealth Group is making a $3 billion bet on AI. What does it mean for patients?

Strategic angle: UnitedHealth Group is rapidly deploying artificial intelligence tools across its operations. What does it mean for patients?

Editorial Staff Apr 6

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What the peptide craze reveals about Americans’ relationship with risk

Strategic angle: Why do RFK Jr. and other health influencers embrace unproven peptides while calling for more research into well-studied vaccines?

Editorial Staff Apr 6

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Country diary: Lambing season is here – how long until white-tailed eagles are overhead? | Andrea Meanwell

Strategic angle: Tebay, Cumbria: A planned reintroduction of these apex predators has got us upland farmers worried. We’re still not convinced they won’t harm our flocks The years seem to be coming around very quickly – this will be my n

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Artemis II is go: humans head to the Moon after half-century absence

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Briefing: Study of 1,700 languages reveals surprising hidden patterns

Strategic angle: A massive new analysis shows that some long-debated 'universal' grammar rules are actually real.

Editorial Staff Apr 6

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Engaging the head and the heart: why scientists turn to poetry

Strategic angle: Engaging the head and the heart: why scientists turn to poetry

Editorial Staff Apr 6

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Moon fly-by live coverage: Trump congratulates Artemis crew on successful mission so far

Strategic angle: Moon fly-by live coverage: Trump congratulates Artemis crew on successful mission so far

Editorial Staff Apr 6

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Why the US needs a unified, mission-based strategy for health innovation

Strategic angle: Why the US needs a unified, mission-based strategy for health innovation

Editorial Staff Apr 6