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A Cure for Vaccine Hesitancy Could Start in Kindergarten
The book Splat the Cat Goes to the Doctor and the nursery rhyme “This Is the Way We Brush Our…
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Simple mix of soap and solvent could help destroy ‘forever chemicals’
There’s finally hope for a simple, cheap way to destroy a class of ubiquitous environmental toxins found in shampoos, fast-food…
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A 19th century farmer may be to blame for Australia’s rabbit scourge
On Christmas Day 1859, a shipment of 24 rabbits arrived in Melbourne, Australia, from England. The bunnies were a gift…
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We Need More Health Clinics at Schools
After more than two years of disrupted lessons during the pandemic, it’s clearer than ever that schools are more than…
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How the Inside of a Black Hole Is Secretly on the Outside
Theoretical physics has been in crisis mode ever since 1974, when Stephen Hawking argued that black holes destroy information. Hawking…
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Monkeypox Update, And Homing in on Long Covid: COVID, Quickly, Episode 36
Tanya Lewis: Hi, and welcome to Covid Quickly, a Scientific American podcast series! Josh Fischman: This is your fast-track update…
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Fantastic Sea Creatures Photographed Up Close and Personal
ANGEL, MONSTER When sea angels hunt, they transform into monsters. The free-swimming slugs, less than an inch long, store six…
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Here’s How Some Species Will Survive Climate Change
Every middle-school student learns the dogma: a species is defined as a group of organisms that interbreed and produce fertile…
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NASA’s UFO Study Isn’t Really Looking for Space Aliens
Across his years of studying auroras, University of Calgary physicist Eric Donovan had periodically seen pictures and data showing something…
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Last Month Was among the Hottest Julys Ever Recorded
CLIMATEWIRE | Last month ranked among the planet’s top three hottest Julys on record. The extreme temperatures came as deadly…
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