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Forensic Experts Are Surprisingly Good at Telling Whether Two Writing Samples Match
After the 2020 U.S. presidential election, handwriting analysis researcher Mara Merlino got a strange phone call. The person on the…
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Are Skittles Toxic from Titanium Dioxide?
A recent lawsuit has grabbed headlines and raised consumer concerns with its claim that Skittles, the popular many-colored candies, contain…
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There Is an Effective Treatment for Monkeypox, but It’s Hard to Get
As monkeypox cases continue to rise in the U.S. and the rest of the world, many of those most affected…
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The Slow Bake of Our Infrastructure
As England, Spain and huge swaths of the U.S. deal with record-shattering high temperatures, the time has come to stop…
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What Are the Risks of COVID and Treatments Available to President Biden?
The following essay is reprinted with permission from The Conversation, an online publication covering the latest research. On July 21,…
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How to Make Sure Wildfire Shelters Save Firefighters’ Lives
Wildfires burn hot, fast and unpredictably. Although wildland firefighters receive extensive training to keep themselves safe, they sometimes become cut…
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Potential fabrication in research images threatens key theory of Alzheimer’s disease
A version of this story appeared in Science, Vol 377, Issue 6604.Download PDF In August 2021, Matthew Schrag, a neuroscientist…
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Ancient DNA adds to evidence for Native Americans’ east Asian ancestry
Genetic analysis of a woman’s skull from 14,000 years ago found in south-west China suggests she was related to an…
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10 per cent chance falling rockets will hit someone in next decade
Humans are sending ever more rockets up into space – bits of them falling back to Earth could result in…
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Monopolies Are Getting in the Way of mRNA Vaccines
Two and a half years into the COVID pandemic, the numbers are grim. While 80% of people living in the…
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