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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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Boeing’s Starliner spacecraft launches to ISS despite thruster issue
At the moment, only SpaceX is able to launch astronauts to the International Space Station from US soil, but Boeing…
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The U.S. Needs Its Local Public Health Officials Back, Stat
In many ways, the most important scientific battlefields have become the forums and meetings of local government. During the first…
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Is the world’s oldest tree growing in a ravine in Chile?
ALERCE COSTERO NATIONAL PARK IN CHILE—Some 5400 years ago, about the time humans were inventing writing, an alerce tree (Fitzroya…
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Dolphins Rub against Mucus-Oozing Corals to Soothe Skin
Like humans, dolphins sometimes suffer from irritated skin. But instead of lathering on soothing lotion, Indo-Pacific bottlenose dolphins (Tursiops aduncus)…
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Tuberculosis Is the Oldest Pandemic, and Poverty Makes It Continue
Meera Yadav gave birth to her first baby in 2013, when she was a 23-year-old living in a slum in…
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Two newly described Amazon fish species are on the brink of extinction
New varieties of South American darter fish were documented in Brazil’s Apuí region. But deforestation in the area means they…
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Drones Could Spot Crime Scenes from Afar
Volunteers sometimes spend months trudging through remote terrain to search for lost hikers or crime victims. But a new tool…
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Which countries will do well at Eurovision 2022 – according to science
Neuroscientists measured 75 volunteers’ physiological responses while they watched eight countries’ performances to predict which songs will do well in…
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How To Treat COVID At Home
Suzanne Myers was sick, concerned and a little confused. Myers, a 55-year-old who lives in Brooklyn, N.Y., and her husband…
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