Controlled burning has proven effective at reducing wildfire risks, but a lack of insurance has dissuaded private landowners from implementing the practice. Policy expert Michael Wara discusses soon-to-be-enacted legislation that would pay for fire damages to neighboring properties in California.
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Researchers capture elusive missing step in the final act of photosynthesis
After decades of effort and help from SLAC’s X-ray laser, scientists have finally seen the process by which nature creates the oxygen we breathe. […]
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How the body responds to exercise at the cellular level
Identifying the molecules that cells secrete in response to physical activity could be a key step toward making exercise as medicine a reality. […]
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You’re stuck with your same old genome, but corals aren’t
These long-lived animals are constantly changing and testing their genes, and some of these changes make it into the next generation. […]
