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Przewalski’s horses, once extinct in the wild, are revitalizing Kazakhstan’s “Golden Steppe”

Under the scorching summer sun, pavement can reach temperatures hot enough to cause second-degree burns

The rise in infant mortality in Texas shows that in states with strict abortion bans, forcing people to carry nonviable pregnancies to term codifies cruelty and unnecessary pain

Four recent Supreme Court decisions will together make it much harder for the federal government to take action on climate change

It took 50 years and skyrocketing temperatures before the government proposed heat protections for workers. The Biden administration is trying to speed up the process

When scientists exposed people to the virus that causes COVID, only a subset got sick. Studying them could offer clues to immunity

Heat and mood are closely linked, which may explain summertime depression—and how to treat it

The first large trial of a COVID and flu vaccine combo suggests it boosts immune protection even more than single-target shots

A Stanford anesthesiologist deconstructs the component parts of what it means to undergo a psychedelic trip

Despite great progress, we lack even the beginning of an explanation of how the brain produces our inner world of colors, sounds, smells and tastes. A thought experiment with “pain-pleasure” zombies illustrates that the mystery is deeper than we thought

People whose eyes dilated more performed better on tests of working memory

Heat waves are costly and kill more people each year than hurricanes, tornadoes and floods combined, but because FEMA doesn’t count them as disasters, communities miss out on important resources