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Fishing quotas are meant to prevent overfishing, but the process that turns scientific advice into catch limits is riddled with political compromise. Here's how it works—and where it breaks down.
Science
Cities are driving rapid genetic and behavioral changes in wildlife. From lizards with bigger toe pads to mice that digest junk food, urban evolution...
Economy
The USPS delivers to 167 million addresses daily without tax funding. Here's how its unique business model works, why mail volume collapse and mandato...
Health
The human mouth harbors over 700 species of microorganisms that do far more than cause cavities. The oral microbiome influences heart disease, Alzheim...
Science
Most supermassive black holes sit quietly at the centers of galaxies, but some reignite after millions of years of dormancy, launching jets that stret...
Science
Gray whales travel up to 14,000 miles each year between Arctic feeding grounds and Mexican breeding lagoons, navigating by Earth's magnetic field and...
Economy
An explainer on how global crude oil benchmarks like Brent and WTI determine the price of oil, and what factors—from OPEC decisions to geopolitical cr...
Science
Ice cores drilled from glaciers and ice sheets preserve up to 1.2 million years of climate history in layers of frozen snow, trapped gas bubbles, and...
Science
RNA interference drugs use tiny molecules to silence disease-causing genes before they can produce harmful proteins, offering long-lasting treatments...
Economy
Airport slots are landing and takeoff rights at congested airports, allocated through a global system of grandfather rights, use-it-or-lose-it rules,...
Health
Glioblastoma is the most aggressive brain cancer, with a median survival of just 15 months. Here's how it grows, why the blood-brain barrier blocks tr...
Economy
The enrollment cliff, driven by plummeting birth rates after the 2008 recession, is now hitting U.S. higher education. Here's how it works, which coll...
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