Texas has work to do to avoid another energy crisis
Transmission towers and power lines lead to a substation after a snowstorm on February 16th, 2021, in Fort Worth, Texas.
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Maps show ZIP codes hit hardest by COVID-19 have low vaccination rates
Photo by Scott Olson / Getty ImagesFrom the start of the COVID-19 vaccine rollout, experts warned that it would take
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Texas’ natural gas production just froze under pressure
Pike Electric service trucks line up after a snowstorm on February 16th, 2021, in Fort Worth, Texas. Winter storm Uri
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Vaccine rollout won’t be equitable unless health care reckons with racism
Dr. Michelle Chester, right, rolls up the sleeve of Sandra Lindsay, a nurse at Long Island Jewish Medical Center, before
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NASA is bargaining with a US space startup for a Soyuz seat
Photo by NASA/ Joel Kowsky via Getty ImagesNASA is planning to buy an astronaut seat on a Russian Soyuz spacecraft
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How you can help astronomers hunt for undiscovered worlds
Astronomers discovered the stars closest to our Solar System more than 100 years ago. There’s the three-star Alpha Centauri system
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If you’re vaccinated against COVID-19, you won’t have to quarantine if you’re exposed
Photo by Michael M. Santiago/Getty ImagesPeople who have been fully vaccinated against COVID-19 and don’t have any symptoms don’t have
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NASA picks SpaceX’s Falcon Heavy to launch two key pieces of the Lunar Gateway
Photo by Joe Raedle/Getty ImagesNASA chose SpaceX’s heavy-lift Falcon Heavy rocket to launch the first two elements of the agency’s
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China becomes latest country to reach Mars with Tianwen-1 probe
Tianwen-1’s first image of Mars, captured Feb. 5 | China National Space AdministrationChina’s Tianwen-1 spacecraft successfully rolled into Mars orbit
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PSA: Please wear layers to your vaccine appointment
Greek Prime Minister Kyriakos Mitsotakis receives the second dose of a COVID-19 vaccine. | Photo by YANNIS KOLESIDIS/POOL/AFP via Getty
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