Latest articles by Devika Rao, The Week US
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What is cloud seeding and did it cause Dubai's severe rainfall?
The Explainer The future is flooded
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What is rock flour and how can it help to fight climate change?
The Explainer Glacier dust to the rescue
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How Taiwan minimized earthquake damage
The Explainer The country was rocked but not rolled
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The best health care systems in the world
In the Spotlight Getting sick has never felt better
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The never-grow-older generations are here
In the Spotlight Entering the age of not-aging
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The hot controversy surrounding solar geoengineering
under the radar Solar geoengineering is feeling the burn
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Citizen science says anyone can be a scientist
The explainer Yes, even you. The practice is being increasingly accepted by researchers as a way to gather data.
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The complex environmental toll of artificial intelligence
The explainer AI is very much mostly not green technology
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We're in the golden age of space exploration
In depth To infinity and beyond!
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The Atlantic Ocean may start shrinking
In the Spotlight The motion of the ocean could be closing
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The 5 biggest corporate greenwashing fines
The Explainer Pretending to be green can be expensive
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Our microbiome is social like us
The Explainer Microbes can be friendly too
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It might be time to add a new hurricane category
Under the Radar Any way the wind blows
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How love impacts your health
The Explainer Turns out you actually can die of a broken heart
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The race to develop male birth control
The Explainer New contraception is being conceived
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The looming extinction of migratory animals
Under the Radar Some species are migrating straight out of existence
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The moon, it's shrinking!
The Explainer Landing on the moon is soon going to be harder than previously thought
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The ideological gap between younger men and women is becoming a chasm
Under the radar Seeing eye to eye is becoming a fading object in the rearview mirror
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Excess screen time is making children only see what is in front of them
Under the radar The future is looking blurry. And very nearsighted.
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The Taliban's ongoing attack on women's rights
In depth The group has sparked humanitarian concerns
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Japan's new solar panel technology might forever alter the renewables market
Under the radar All thanks to perovskite solar panel technology
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Cruise ships are floating hotbeds for sexual assault
Under the radar The number of reported cases increased in 2023
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Long-term respiratory illness is here to stay
The Explainer Covid is not the only disease with a long version
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How the Himalayas may be slowing global climate change
The Explainer A natural phenomenon is helping cool glaciers
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