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Pugs, Persian cats, and other smushed-face cats and dogs are more similar to one another than they are to the wild animals they evolved from

Kennedy has warned of an epidemic of chronic disease, but the budget blueprint would close the C.D.C. center focused on prevention.

Walk into any pet show and you’ll see them – flat-faced Persian cats with plush coats and round eyes, or pug dogs waddling about with their unmistakably squished faces.

In this episode, “Recycling Demystified”, we find out how recycling helps our environment, the dos and don’ts of single-stream recycling, and learn about creative ways to reuse materials.

To coal or not to coal?

A WashU research team spent 45 days traveling to different wildfire locations in the western United States where they sampled gaseous smoke and aerosol species and analyzed their chemical and optical properties.

Federal spending cuts have put some Metro East infrastructure projects in a state of uncertainty, including plans to address sewage spilling out of city pipes in Cahokia Heights.

Experts explain how vibration-based therapies reduce stress, anxiety, and other ailments.

The next year of science on the James Webb Space Telescope has been announced amid mounting budgetary uncertainty that could affect the unparalleled observatory

Convection processes beneath Venus’ scorched surface may help explain the planet’s many volcanoes, a new study reports.