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Community members grieve the lives lost to flooding in Texas' Hill Country at a vigil.

Brandon Bell/Getty Images

August 4, 2025

Despite Clear Preferences from Texas Hill Flood Survivors, Uncertainty Looms

Residents of Texas Hill Country testified about what recovery means to them. Who will listen?

Zoe Middleton
Associate Director of Just Climate Resilience

satellite photo of the continental United States with the rivers of the Mississippi and Missouri watershed highlighted; all the rivers eventually drain into the Gulf of Mexico in Louisiana

NASA Scientific Visualization Studio

July 31, 2025

What Do Trump’s Attacks on NOAA Have to Do with the Gulf Dead Zone?

Karen Perry Stillerman
Deputy Director

A person wipes sweat from their face with a cloth in Manhattan in July 2025, during a heat wave in which 'feels-like' temperatures were above 100 degrees.

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July 30, 2025

Hot Summer 2025 Could Be the Coolest for the Rest of Our Lives: 6 Things to Know

Erika Spanger
Director of Strategic Climate Analytics

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March 14, 2012

Celebrate Pi Day in a Whole New Way

Michael Halpern
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March 13, 2012

For Drugs and Medical Devices, It’s Still a Jungle Out There

Michael Halpern
Former Contributor

March 13, 2012

Fission Stories #83: Salem’s Which Trial

Dave Lochbaum
Former Contributor

March 8, 2012

Support for EVs – Key to Cutting Oil Dependence and Pain at the Pump

Don Anair
Deputy Director & Research Director, Clean Transportation

March 8, 2012

Public Meltdown: The Story of Vermont Yankee

Dave Lochbaum
Former Contributor

March 7, 2012

Survey: Despite Progress, FDA Scientists Feel Political and Industry Pressure

Francesca Grifo
Former contributor

March 7, 2012

On Sandwich Cookies, Salads, and Subsidies

Karen Perry Stillerman
Deputy Director

March 7, 2012

US Nuclear Power Safety — One Year After Fukushima

Lisbeth Gronlund
Former UCS Global Security Program Co-Director

March 6, 2012

Surviving in a Thirsty World

Doug Gurian-Sherman
Former contributor

March 6, 2012

Fission Stories #82: Nuts! The Bolt!

Dave Lochbaum
Former Contributor

March 2, 2012

In Virginia, the Emperor Has No Clothes

Michael Halpern
Former Contributor

March 1, 2012

An Updated History of Anti-Satellite Weapons

Laura Grego
Research Director, Senior Scientist

March 1, 2012

A Small Price to Pay to “Know Your Food”

Karen Perry Stillerman
Deputy Director

February 29, 2012

The EPA Follows Through on Dioxin

Francesca Grifo
Former contributor

February 29, 2012

Leap Day Science Trivia and Cartoons from the Archive

Michael Halpern
Former Contributor

February 29, 2012

UCS 2nd Annual Report on the NRC

David Wright
Former Contributor

February 28, 2012

Fission Stories #81: Where There’s a Will, There’s a Way

Dave Lochbaum
Former Contributor

February 27, 2012

The Day the Electric Car Died and What it Means for Today

David Friedman
Former contributor

February 24, 2012

Who Owns the Most Space Debris? Depends What You Measure

David Wright
Former Contributor

February 23, 2012

Final EPA Scientific Integrity Policy Benefited Greatly from Public Input — and Now the Really Hard Work Begins

Francesca Grifo
Former contributor

February 22, 2012

Why Do You Love your Hybrid or Electric Car?

David Friedman
Former contributor

February 21, 2012

Gleick’s Actions Don’t Excuse Heartland’s Anti-Science Campaign

Kevin Knobloch
Former contributor

February 21, 2012

Fission Stories #80: Brunswick’s Headache

Dave Lochbaum
Former Contributor

February 17, 2012

Washington Times Is Wrong on China and Nuclear Arms Control

Gregory Kulacki
East Asia Project Manager

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