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Why We Must Protect Voting Rights
In 2021 Republican legislatures in 19 states passed 34 laws that restricted access to voting in more than a dozen…
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Researchers Made a New Message for Extraterrestrials
Upon discovering the existence of intelligent life beyond Earth, the first question we are most likely to ask is “How…
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This Mushroom Leather Is Being Made into Hermès Handbags
The biotechnology industry is expanding into the fashion industry, with investors backing leather substitutes made from mushrooms, animal cells or…
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A Stunning Image Shows Stars Aligned for the James Webb Space Telescope
After James Webb Space Telescope officials released a stunning image of a single star, the team is ready to get other telescope…
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Proposed SEC Climate Rules Have Sparked a Fight over Indirect Emissions
The Securities and Exchange Commission broke new ground yesterday when it unveiled a 510-page rulebook that, if finalized, would force…
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Which medicines can you take when pregnant? New efforts aim to crack a scientific black box
A version of this story appeared in Science, Vol 375, Issue 6586. Kinue Beugre learned she was pregnant one evening…
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Russia Is Having Less Success at Spreading Social Media Disinformation
Days after Russia invaded Ukraine, multiple social media platforms—including Facebook, Twitter and YouTube—announced they had dismantled coordinated networks of accounts…
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Health Check newsletter: How our minds can affect our bodies
By Clare Wilson Hello, and welcome to this week’s Health Check, the weekly newsletter that gives you the health and…
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Covid-19 news: Arthritis drug shows promise to treat severe cases
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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Will the Russian Invasion Accelerate Peak Oil?
It was 1973 when a war between Israel and a coalition of Arab states led Saudi Arabia and other oil…
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