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Scientists Must Consider the Risk of Racist Misappropriation of Research
No well-intentioned researcher expects that their work will be used to justify violence. But following the racist massacre of 10…
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Covid-19 news: Reinfection eight times higher with omicron than delta
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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Science Must Not Be Used To Foster White Supremacy
The white supremacist who drove 200 miles to a Buffalo, N.Y., supermarket and opened fire, killing 10 people, had posted…
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This Tick Can Make You Allergic to Meat and It’s Spreading
Kristina Carlson didn’t think much about the tick she pulled off her torso while she was hiking in the mountains…
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Female mice release banana-scented urine when pregnant to deter males
Pregnant and lactating female mice release a banana-smelling chemical in their urine that is thought to stress out males so…
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Physicists Find a Shortcut to Seeing an Elusive Quantum Glow
Theoretical physics is full of weird and wonderful concepts: wormholes, quantum foam and multiverses, just to name a few. The…
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Europe’s Historic Clean Energy Plan Faces a Mining Problem
CLIMATEWIRE | Europe’s plan to slash Russian fossil fuel imports and accelerate renewable energy production will test its ability to…
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The Weight of Stigma: Heavier Patients Confront the Burden of Bias
Melissa Krechmer, a social worker in Philadelphia, grew tired of hearing the same refrain from each of her doctors. “I’d…
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Will NASA Save Europe’s Beleaguered Mars Rover?
Europe’s long-awaited ExoMars rover—the first ever for the continent—seems to be cursed. Parachute problems scuppered its initially planned launch in…
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Ediacarans: Did competition kill off Earth’s mysterious first animals?
A mysterious extinction about 540 million years ago may have been caused when early animals began competing against one another…
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