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UCLA is launching the nation’s first digital humanities department and bachelor’s degree this fall. This new discipline ...

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Houston's extreme heat sends thousands of people to the emergency room every year — but the risk isn't spread evenly across the region. Parts of downtown and northeast Houston are seeing much higher ...

Can a city's seawall stand up to a blockbuster storm? Will a region's power grid hold against record-breaking heat? And can a ...

Intense heat has contributed to record-breaking summer temperatures around the globe in recent years. Here’s the latest forecast, and where it’s expected to be warmer than usual. See temperatures as..

As the senior climate editor at NPR, when extreme weather impacts us, I often send out guidance to the newsroom to help ...

As the senior climate editor at NPR, when extreme weather impacts us, I often send out guidance to the newsroom to help ...

Manual palpation is a cornerstone of medical assessment, yet its subjective nature limits its ability to provide quantitative ...