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The Massive Ordnance Penetrator Bomb Israel Wants to Destroy Iran's Fordo Nuclear Facility

Donald Trump · Iran

The Massive Ordnance Penetrator Bomb Israel Wants to Destroy Iran's Fordo Nuclear Facility

42% Left coverage: 12 sources

American military engineers designed the GBU-57/B bomb to devastate deeply buried bunkers without radioactive fallout. It’s the only nonnuclear weapon that can reach Iran’s hardest target See the Story

Heat Health Warning Issued with Possible 'Rise in Deaths' Across London

Health · London

Heat Health Warning Issued with Possible 'Rise in Deaths' Across London

82% Center coverage: 11 sources

A yellow health warning has been issued across London in the face of soaring temperatures.See the Story

Baboon Daughters Live Longer when Fathers Are Present, Study Finds

Baboon Daughters Live Longer when Fathers Are Present, Study Finds

50% Left coverage: 4 sources

Daughters who lived with their fathers for at least three years lived two to four years longer.See the Story

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NIH chief stands by funding cuts to ‘politicized science’ at tense hearing

NIH chief stands by funding cuts to ‘politicized science’ at tense hearing

NIH chief stands by funding cuts to ‘politicized science’ at tense hearing

Astronomers Find the Universe’s “Missing” Matter and Most Distant Fast Radio Burst

Coverage: 2 sources

Normal matter makes up about a quarter of all the matter in the universe but it turns out that a good portion of it has been hiding from astronomers for decades. New research published in Nature Astronomy shows how astronomers have found this “missing” matter. Observations of the gravitational forces in galaxies were used to measure the amount of normal, or visible, matter. The rest is dark matter. At least half of the visible matter – also ca…Space See the Story

What I Wish Parents Knew About Social Media

75% Left coverage: 4 sources

I study social media for a living. Here’s what parents need to know so that kids can use it safely and productively ...Social Media · Netherlands See the Story

Why Can Beef Be Cooked Rare but Chicken Can’t?

100% Left coverage: 1 sources

Food microbiologists explain how to ensure different proteins, such as beef, chicken and pork, are prepared safelyScience · United States Read Article

Surprising Discovery Shows a Strong Link Between Earth's Magnetic Field and Atmospheric Oxygen Levels

67% Left coverage: 3 sources

Every breath we take in contains 21% oxygen, the gas that makes life on Earth possible. Oxygen, in its combined oxide state, has always been abundant in Earth's crust, but elemental diatomic oxygen became part of our atmosphere around 2.4 to 2.5 billion years ago as a gift from cyanobacteria, which triggered the Great Oxidation Event and breathed life into Earth.Science See the Story

Greenland’s Ice Sheet Collapse Could Be Closer Than We Think

100% Left coverage: 1 sources

The collapse of the world’s second-largest ice sheet would drown cities worldwide. Is that ice more vulnerable than we know?Greenland · Greenland Read Article

Poem: ‘Prayer to Fireflies’

100% Left coverage: 1 sources

Science in meter and verseScience Read Article

American Education Demands a Fact-Based Curriculum, Not Religious Ideology

100% Left coverage: 1 sources

One hundred years after the Scopes trial, religious ideologues are still trying to supplant evidence-based curricula with myths, to the detriment of a well-informed societyUnited States · United States Read Article

Contributors to Scientific American’s July/August 2025 Issue

100% Left coverage: 1 sources

Writers, artists, photographers and researchers share the stories behind the stories Read Article

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