Coral reefs are dying from rising ocean temperatures. They lose their color and die. A serendipitous event in a Stanford lab may have given scientists a way to save them.

In a tank at the Hopkins Marine Station, a healthy coral fell onto a bleached one. — Read the rest

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In the early 1990s, I was an editor at Wired. It was an exciting time because the internet was new to most people. My colleagues were young, creative, curious, and smart, but two of them stood out: Gary Wolf and June Cohen. — Read the rest

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There are details, but the whole story is in the headline. Conspiracy theorist weirdo RFK Jr. says a racist thing and is immediately wrong.

Campaigning in Michigan for Mike Rogers, the Secretary of Health and Human Services took a break from spreading falsehoods about good health practices and instead turned to racist lies trying to undermine an excellent Senate candidate. — Read the rest

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