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New COVID Antiviral Cuts Hospitalizations in Half

The pandemic is not over, despite some proclamations to the contrary. The good news is that we now have some…

2 years ago

This Change Could Reduce Police Brutality against Black Drivers like Tyre Nichols

Tyre Nichols, a 29-year-old Black man, was severely beaten by five Memphis police officers during a traffic stop in January.…

2 years ago

Black Inventor Garrett Morgan Saved Countless Lives with Gas Mask and Improved Traffic Lights

Just before midnight at the close of a hot summer day in 1916, a natural gas pocket exploded 120 feet…

2 years ago

We Can’t Solve Our Climate Problems without Removing Their Main Cause: Fossil-Fuel Emissions

Toward the end of 2022, I was a panelist at a session on climate change held by a major scientific…

2 years ago

Can We Predict Earthquakes At All?

My hometown of Los Angeles is home to the earliest reported earthquake dating back to 1769 (and, of course, many more since…

2 years ago

Why the Earthquake in Turkey Was So Damaging and Deadly

A major earthquake struck southern Turkey early on Monday, causing extensive damage and killing thousands there and in neighboring Syria.…

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Antibiotic-Resistant UTIs Are Common, and Other Infections May Soon Be Resistant, Too

About half of women and more than one in 10 men will get a urinary tract infection (UTI) in their…

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Can We Stop Aging?

What really happens to our bodies when we age — and could we find a way to slow it down?…

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‘Unbelievable’ Spinning Particles Probe Nature’s Most Mysterious Force

The strong force is an enigma. Through gluons, it binds together quarks, one of the two basic building blocks of…

2 years ago

Mystery Portrait May Be a Raphael, Artificial Intelligence Suggests

In a meeting of high art and state-of-the-art facial recognition, researchers say they’ve used artificial intelligence to determine that a…

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