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SEATTLE — Similar to metric scales used to measure weather events like tornadoes and hurricanes, meteorologists also have a scale used to measure wildfire risk. The Haines Index is a common metric ...

Massively parallel DNA sequencing technologies provide exponential increases in the amount of data returned from the sequencing process, relative to traditional (Sanger-based) techniques. Use of ...

The Supreme Court will allow the Biden administration to continue to use a metric that estimates the real-world cost of the climate crisis while legal challenges play out. The court’s order is a loss ...

Those of us here in the United States are used to measuring various physical attributes with the imperial measurement system, which includes feet, inches, gallons, and so on. This system is still ...