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By Miles O'Brien

Is the scientific community finding its political voice? As the March for Science approaches, science correspondent Miles O’Brien meets with researchers who are venturing into the political fray to keep their profession alive.

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Meet an artist who’s waving her banner in support of the March for Science

By Kristin Hugo

This graphic designer is promoting her local "March for Science" by contributing what she does best.

Graduate students are underpaid and overstressed. Can academic unions change that?

By Kristin Hugo

A Belgian study found doctoral students experience mental illness at 2.5 times the rate of other people with college degrees or those currently enrolled at university.

Why cats love to sit on squares

By Nicholas Dodman, The Conversation

#CatSquare, the latest social media craze, could be caused by cats' proclivity to seek out spaces that give them a sense of safety and security.

Meet Nate Butkus, the 6-year-old with a science podcast

By Andrew Joseph, STAT

On his podcast, six-year-old Nate Butkus has talked radiation with a US government scientist, evolution with a Harvard researcher, and, most recently, genome-editing with MIT’s Kevin Esvelt.

WATCH: NASA shows first 360-degree video of rocket launch

By Andrew Wagner

Get up close and personal with the S.S. John Glenn as it heads for the International Space Station.

As global groundwater disappears, rice, wheat and other international crops may start to vanish

By Dave Berndtson

When water is used to grow crops, it’s no longer visible to the consumer. This study keeps track of where ‘hidden’ water is embedded and where it ends up.

To save lives, supercomputers dive into the hearts of nature’s worst tornadoes

By Julia Griffin

Leigh Orf chases tornadoes across America’s central plains, but not from inside a pickup truck. He creates computer simulations of supercell thunderstorms -- and the twisters they spawn -- from the safety of his lab.

Remember Simba and Lula suffering at Mosul’s zoo? This rescue team has good news

By Larisa Epatko

After one failed attempt to rescue a lion and bear from the Mosul zoo in Iraq, a team from Four Paws this week successfully brought Simba and Lula to their new home -- an animal sanctuary in Jordan.