A recent report estimates that climate reparations of the US and UK militaries would reach $111 billion.

The Military’s Carbon Footprint Is A Hidden Cost Of Defense

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Medical researchers are working to better understand—and hopefully mute—tinnitus, a persistent “ringing in the ears.”

Why Is Tinnitus So Hard To Understand And Treat?

In her new book, Dr. Rae Wynn-Grant shares how her lifelong love for the natural world led her to become a nature TV show host.

Finding Purpose In A ‘Wild Life’

The Field Museum has unveiled a new specimen of Archaeopteryx, a species that may hold the key to how ancient dinosaurs became modern birds. Also, a “green glacier” of trees and shrubs is sliding across the Great Plains, burying some of the most threatened habitat on the planet.

Archeopteryx Specimen Unveiled | Trees And Shrubs Burying Great Plains' Prairies

Astronomers have confirmed they found an atmosphere around an Earth-like rocky exoplanet for the first time. Also, Boeing’s Starliner craft was scheduled to carry humans to the International Space Station in 2017. Its launch is now set for no earlier than May 17, 2024.

JWST Detects An Atmosphere Around A Rocky Exoplanet | Boeing Plans To Fly Humans To The ISS Next Week

In a conversation from 2023, SciFri producer Kathleen Davis talks to journalist Christine Yu about how most participants in sports research are still men, even as girls, women, and those outside the gender binary take to the field.

The Military’s Carbon Footprint Is A Hidden Cost Of Defense

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