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Nobody Wants to Have End-of-Life Conversations, but…

While many people have managed to stockpile food, medicine and cleaning supplies in the face of the pandemic, we as…

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Coronavirus Antibody Therapies Raise Hopes–and Skepticism

Jill Horowitz stood outside the Quaker Ridge Shopping Center in New Rochelle, N.Y.—an early COVID-19 hotspot—in March, stopping shoppers as…

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The Mariana Trench is 7 Miles Deep–What’s Down There?

Somewhere between Hawaii and the Philippines near the small island of Guam, far below the surface of the water, sits…

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Spraying Oil on Sand Dunes Helps Trees Grow

Originally published in January 1967 Credit: Scientific AmericanAdvertisement “Petroleum products are being used in an ingenious effort to upgrade submarginal…

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Missing Memories of the Universe

I am an astrophysicist. I read the memories of the universe, encoded in photons—tiny bits of light that have traveled…

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Can Pneumatic Compression Help You Recover Faster?

Recovery is a complicated fitness area to navigate. It means different things to different athletes, and each one has their…

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Science News Briefs from All Over

I’m assistant news editor Sarah Lewin Frasier. And here’s a short piece from the May 2020 issue of the magazine,…

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E.U.’s Coronavirus Recovery Plan Also Aims to Fight Climate Change

The European Union unveiled a €750 billion ($825 billion) recovery package for the coronavirus pandemic yesterday that includes plans to…

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Earliest ‘Chickens’ Were Actually Pheasants

Chickens are by far the most numerous birds on the planet, with a population of around 23 billion. But new…

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COVID-19 Vaccine Developers Search for Antibodies That ‘First Do No Harm’

The coronavirus pandemic has provided the world with a quick study in the intricacies of immunology. “Herd immunity” and “serological…

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