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From Breast Cancer Breakthroughs to Climate-Driven Flood Risks: Six Science Stories You Should Know This Week

Science is reshaping our world all the time, from improving cancer treatments to predicting natural disasters—and even revealing how genetics and ethnicity affect our health. This week, researchers bring fresh insights on breast cancer immunotherapy, flood dangers worsened by land use and climate change, advances in lung cancer risk prediction across populations, and clues to […]

Environment

Smarter Flood Maps Could Change How We Prepare For Disasters

In the eastern state of Bihar lies the Kosi Megafan, sometimes called the “Sorrow of Bihar.” This giant, fan-shaped floodplain has been built up over thousands of years by the Kosi River, which spills out of the Himalayas. Unlike calmer rivers, the Kosi is restless—it frequently jumps course, breaking embankments and carving new channels. Entire […]

Meteorology

5 of the 6 Riskiest Dams Are in Just Two States

In 2017, California’s Oroville Dam nearly failed, forcing 180,000 people to evacuate. In 2020, two Michigan dams collapsed, flooding entire towns. And just last year, a dam in North Carolina overtopped during Hurricane Helene. These aren’t rare “once-in-a-lifetime” events anymore—they’re becoming warning flares for a growing national problem: America’s dams are aging, and extreme weather […]

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Tag: flooding

From Breast Cancer Breakthroughs to Climate-Driven Flood Risks: Six Science Stories You Should Know This Week

Smarter Flood Maps Could Change How We Prepare For Disasters

5 of the 6 Riskiest Dams Are in Just Two States

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