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How a Biden Administration Could Reverse Trump’s Climate Legacy

If Democrat Joe Biden defeats President Trump this November, his EPA will have a blank slate for writing climate rules.…

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Trump Administration’s Sudden Shift on COVID-19 Data Leaves States in the Lurch

Just as the number of people hospitalized for COVID-19 approaches new highs in some parts of the country, hospital data…

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Experimental Blood Test Detects Cancer up to Four Years before Symptoms Appear

For years scientists have sought to create the ultimate cancer-screening test—one that can reliably detect a malignancy early, before tumor…

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Contact Tracing, a Key Way to Slow COVID-19, Is Badly Underused by the U.S.

There is no coronavirus vaccine. Medications for COVID-19 are still being tested. Across the U.S., states that once acted as…

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And the Winner of the First-ever Nobel Prize Is…

Originally published in February 1900 Credit: Scientific AmericanAdvertisement “Candidates for the Nobel prize for scientific achievements are now being considered…

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The Psychological Toll of Rude E-mails

Imagine waking up on Monday morning to an e-mail in your inbox that was written entirely in capital letters—an e-mail…

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Hawaii’s Invasive Predator Catastrophe – Scientific American

It takes a lot of effort and more than a little bit of luck for researchers like André Raine to…

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Genes May Influence COVID-19 Risk, New Studies Hint

As COVID-19 continues its fateful march around the globe, researchers have seen patterns of characteristics tied to bad cases of…

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Researchers Call for Rare Tree’s Conservation Decades after Its Declared Extinction

An extinct tree grows in India’s Kalakad-Mundanthurai Tiger Reserve. Well, it’s not exactly extinct. But the small, flowering tree species,…

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After Surgery, Black Children Are More Likely to Die Than White Children

Studies have repeatedly shown that Black patients’ experiences with the U.S. health care system are worse than those of white…

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