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In war-torn Iran, air pollution from burning oil depots and bombed buildings unleashes invisible health threats

A woman sifts through the rubble in her home after it was damaged by a missile on March 15, 2026, in Tehran. Majid Saeedi/Getty ImagesThe waves of U.S. and Israeli bomb strikes in Tehranand Beirut, an...

Armin Sorooshian, Professor of Chemical and Environmental Engineering, University of Arizona - avatar Armin Sorooshian, Professor of Chemical and Environmental Engineering, University of Arizona

Paul Ehrlich, often called alarmist for dire warnings about human harms to the Earth, believed scientists had a responsibility to speak out

Biologist Paul R. Ehrlich in 2010.Paul R. Ehrlich/Wikipedia, CC BYStanford University biologist Paul Ehrlich, who died March 15, 2026, in Palo Alto, California, was a scientific crusader whose dire pr...

William J. (Bill) Kovarik, Professor of Communication, Radford University - avatar William J. (Bill) Kovarik, Professor of Communication, Radford University

The first modern rocket launched 100 years ago, beginning a century of both innovations and challenges for spaceflight

Robert Goddard, considered the father of modern rocketry, standing with a rocket in 1935. Esther Goddard/Hulton Archive/Getty ImagesApollo 11 first landed astronauts on the Moon in 1969, but the journ...

Michael Carrafiello, Professor of History, Miami University - avatar Michael Carrafiello, Professor of History, Miami University