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5 Things We’ve Learned from COVID in Three Years

Three years ago, on March 11, 2020, Tedros Adhanom Ghebreyesus, director general of the World Health Organization (WHO), announced that…

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AI’s Victories in Go Inspire Better Human Game Playing

In 2016 a computer named AlphaGo made headlines for defeating then world champion Lee Sedol at the ancient, popular strategy…

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Inside the Scientific Quest to Save (Most) of the World’s Parasites

You’ve probably seen a “Save the Whales” T-shirt before. But have you ever seen a “Save the Parasites” one? A…

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New Test Predicts a Life-Threatening Pregnancy Disorder

Even after thousands of studies, questions still linger about one of the most common diseases unique to pregnancy: preeclampsia. This…

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Highly Politicized Congressional Hearings Air COVID Lab-Leak Hypothesis

The US House of Representatives held the first in a series of public hearings on 8 March aimed at exploring…

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Rich Countries Should Not Control the World’s Sunlight, Experts Warn

CLIMATEWIRE | Radical climate interventions — like blocking the sun's rays — could alter the world's weather patterns, potentially benefiting some…

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Changing Clocks to Daylight Saving Time Is Bad for Your Health

The following essay is reprinted with permission from The Conversation, an online publication covering the latest research. As people in…

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What Stone-Wielding Macaques Can Tell Us about Early Human Tool Use

Consider the possibility that all human technology started with a mistake—or at least a lack of hand-eye coordination. In pursuit…

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Controversy Surrounds Blockbuster Superconductivity Claim

This week researchers claimed to have discovered a superconducting material that can shuttle electricity with no loss of energy under…

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Australia’s Massive Wildfires Shredded the Ozone Layer–Now Scientists Know Why

Massive wildfires that raged across southeast Australia in 2019–20 unleashed chemicals that chewed through the ozone layer, expanding and prolonging…

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