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Roe v Wade: Are period-tracking apps still safe to use in the US?
Some period-tracking apps share data with third parties. With the potential rolling back of abortion protections in the US, people…
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Bats buzz like hornets to scare away predators
The whining buzz of a wasp is enough to send many of us running for the hills. Now, it seems…
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Mysterious ‘Retron’ DNA Helps Scientists Edit Human Genes
Deep in a bacterium’s gelatinous matrix dwell little “cellular machines” called retrons, which produce single strands of DNA to detect…
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Pandemic delays to afflict polar science until late this decade
In March 2020, staff at McMurdo Station, the main U.S. research base in Antarctica, thought the future was bright. Long-planned…
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A Guide to the Different Omicron Subvariants
Two years into the coronavirus pandemic, Americans can be forgiven if they’ve lost track of the latest variants circulating nationally…
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Rechargeable Molten Salt Battery Freezes Energy in Place for Long-Term Storage
During spring in the Pacific Northwest, meltwater from thawing snow rushes down rivers and the wind often blows hard. These…
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Interferon therapy shows striking results against COVID-19
From the earliest days of the pandemic, scientists have hoped that interferons, a family of potent proteins that are the…
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Covid-19 news: Pandemic has killed nearly 15 million people, says WHO
By Michael Le Page, Clare Wilson, Jessica Hamzelou, Sam Wong, Graham Lawton, Adam Vaughan, Conrad Quilty-Harper, Jason Arunn Murugesu, Layal…
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Vaccine may protect against the virus behind multiple sclerosis
The jab could ward off Epstein-Barr virus, which causes glandular fever and is increasingly being linked to multiple sclerosis, lymphoma…
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What the Supreme Court Should Know about Abortion Care
Abortion makes many people uncomfortable. I get it. When I was an ob-gyn resident, I recall telling my supervising physician…
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