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This AI Tool Could Predict the Next Coronavirus Variant
Despite having only been around for fewer than three years, the COVID-causing virus SARS-CoV-2 is perhaps the most studied and…
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NIH’s vaunted program for solving puzzling medical cases is running out of money
Ten years ago, an athletic 12-year-old from Affton, Missouri, named Mitchell Herndon began to experience muscle weakness that eventually led…
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Global Warming Causes Fewer Tropical Cyclones
Global warming is making the atmosphere more hostile to the formation of tropical cyclones. By the early 2010s there were…
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Subverting Climate Science in the Classroom
In a drab hearing room in Austin, Tex., members of the State Board of Education, seated at small desks arranged…
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Roe v. Wade Was Overturned. Here’s how Your Phone Could Be Used to Spy on You.
SOPHIE BUSHWICK: If Roe v. Wade is overturned, so-called trigger laws already passed in 13 states could ban abortion in…
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Chimpanzees hunt for fruit in video game to test navigation skills
Testing how chimpanzees navigate in virtual environments could help researchers understand why they prefer certain routes in the wild over…
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How Abortion Misinformation and Disinformation Spread Online
The Supreme Court’s decision to curtail abortion rights has come to fruition. One of the outcomes that will be less…
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Roe v Wade overturned: What that means for safe abortion in the US
By Dana G. Smith Activists demonstrating in front of the US Supreme Court on 3 May Win McNamee/Getty Images THE US…
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Spray-On, Rinse-Off Food ‘Wrapper’ Can Cut Plastic Packaging
Packaging is essential for preserving and distributing many kinds of foods, but it often incorporates plastic—scraps of which already litter…
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UK wants to send a spacecraft to grab two dead satellites from space
The UK is putting £5 million towards a mission to remove two dead satellites from space by burning them up…
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