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Honey bees—plump, fuzzy and famed for their honey-making—capture the popular imagination.

After sitting dormant since the 1980s, the Pinyon Plain uranium mine began operating in January on the Kaibab National Forest in Arizona, about seven miles south of the Grand Canyon.

Carbon is a planetary paradox.

Common “hard” coastal defenses, like concrete sea walls, might struggle to keep up with increasing climate risks. 

Research has uncovered important new insights into the evolution of oxygen, carbon, and other vital elements over the entire history of Earth – and it could help assess which other planets can develop life, ranging from plants to animals and humans.