Amid rising demand for digital and technology-driven skills, Harvard University has made several of its courses accessible online at no cost through its learning platform. The offerings span key areas ...

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The Amazon is the world’s largest tropical forest, home to unmatched biodiversity and one of the planet’s longest rivers. Besides the Amazon River, the Amazon rainforest also features “flying rivers:” ...

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Carli Petrus is your Downriver community reporter. Connect with her at Carli.Petrus@wxyz.com. (WXYZ) — May is National Water Safety Month, and in an effort to ...

When Gustav Kuhn was 13, a friend pulled an egg out of his ear. Kuhn was astounded – but his wonder didn’t abate, even after he learned that the egg was made of foam and had been easily hidden in his ...

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Heatwaves are among the world’s deadliest weather hazards. Every year, vast numbers of people are killed by heat stress and it can worsen health problems such as diabetes, asthma and heart disease.

From a deep dive on a fatal space shuttle disaster to a study of a dozen iconic trees, these are our favorite titles this year Joe Spring, Riley Black, Shi En Kim, Dan Falk, Christian Elliott and ...