How to Become an Urban Naturalist

How to Become an Urban Naturalist

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2025: The Year Science Was Shaken

In this year-end roundup, Scientific American editors break down how 2025 reshaped science across the board—from sweeping federal upheavals that disrupted long-standing research institutions to public health setbacks driven by vaccine rollbacks and rising measles cases to renewed ...  Show more

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