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‘Atomic Days: The Untold Story of the Most Toxic Place in America’ exposes the story of a Washington state complex that poses dangers that—like the nuclear industry itself—cannot be contained.

Remnants of ancient viral pandemics in the form of viral DNA sequences embedded in our genomes are still active in healthy people, according to new research my colleagues and I recently published.

Populations of the Bay’s iconic blue crabs this year crashed to the lowest levels on record. The Bay’s overall health scored an anemic 50 out of 100 in the University of Maryland’s Center for Environmental Science’s most recent annual report card.

Confidence in the possibility to bring about change has often been built and rebuilt through local, frequently incomplete, victories independent of the Labour Party.

"The CFPB has returned billions of dollars to Americans by doing its job, and its funding is clearly constitutional," Warren (D-Mass.) wrote on social media. "Extreme right-wing judges are throwing into question every rule the CFPB enforces to protect consumers and businesses alike."

These are assertions of a very diverse nature: some are real manipulations, fake news, lies, mystifications; others are half-truths, or a quarter of the truth.

There are Contrasting Visions of Unionism Up for Leadership.

The UK’s former prime minister Liz Truss came to power promising to restore growth to the British economy. During her 45 days at the helm, she crashed it. Calamity is pending, and the country’s political elite are out of ideas.

Seeking explanations for the rise of the insurrectionist right, California poet Alison Luterman turns the story to what has been stolen from the old America and lost.

Ancient DNA from closely related individuals offers fresh insight into Neanderthals’ lives and social structures.