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By TODD RICHMOND / AP April 30, 2024 We Still Don’t Fully Understand Time We can measure time but there are all kinds of time that we still can’t really fathom. By Martin Rees April 24, 2024 How to Monitor Extreme Temperatures Using the CDC’s HeatRisk Tool More Americans die from heat than any other weather-related hazards. That’s why the CDC and NWS have rolled out tools to help people prepare for dangerous heat. By Chad de Guzman April 24, 2024 Can You Eat Cicadas? Here’s how to catch, clean, and cook cicadas. By Koh Ewe April 19, 2024 Two Endangered Ferrets Cloned From Genes of Frozen Critter Black-footed ferrets are now a conservation success story — after being all but wiped out in the wild, thousands of them have been bred in captivity and reintroduced at dozens of sites in the western U.S., Canada and Mexico since the 1990s. By MEAD GRUVER / AP April 18, 2024 An Animated Guide to the Rare 2024 Cicada Co-Emergence It will be the first time since 1803—when Thomas Jefferson was President—that these particular broods simultaneously emerge. By Solcyré Burga and Lon Tweeten April 17, 2024 Is Cloud Seeding to Blame for Floods? What to Know After record rainfall—most recently in Dubai—weather modification programs have come under public scrutiny. Here’s what experts have to say. By Koh Ewe April 17, 2024 ISS Space Debris Landed on a Florida Family’s Home NASA confirmed that the object was a part of the International Space Station’s released junk that had unexpectedly survived atmospheric re-entry. By Chad de Guzman April 16, 2024 Cicadas Are Coming. Are You Ready? Cicadas have already begun to emerge in some Southern states including North Carolina and Georgia. By Solcyré Burga April 12, 2024 EPA Limits ‘Forever Chemicals’ in Water The U.S. Environmental Protection Agency set its first-ever limits on PFAS, called forever chemicals,” in drinking water. By Mallory Moench April 10, 2024 Seeing the Eclipse From Cleveland A cosmic spectacle played out in clear skies over a fine city. By Jeffrey Kluger April 8, 2024 What to Do with Your Solar Eclipse Glasses After the Eclipse Solar eclipse glasses are a highly-coveted item. Here’s how to donate yours. 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