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‘Arcturus’ COVID Variant XBB.1.16 Symptoms Doctors Are Seeing

XBB.1.16, also referred to as “arcturus,” is a new COVID-19 variant that’s infecting people across the globe. Like BA.5 and…

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Most Planets in the Galaxy Orbit Stars You Can’t Even See

When I was younger, I gazed at the stars at night and wondered how many possessed planets like Earth. Being…

2 years ago

Baseball Players Are Hitting More Home Runs–And Climate Change Is Helping

The following essay is reprinted with permission from The Conversation, an online publication covering the latest research. Home runs are…

2 years ago

Astronomers Spy a Giant Runaway Black Hole’s Starry Wake

What’s invisible, weighs 20 million suns and zooms through space at more than 1,500 kilometers per second, leaving a long…

2 years ago

A Bad Medication Abortion Decision Threatens the Future Availability of Drugs in the U.S.

When federal Judge Matthew Kacsmaryk suspended the Food and Drug Administration (FDA) approval of the drug mifepristone on April 7,…

2 years ago

How Over-the-Counter Narcan Can Help Reverse Opioid Overdoses

A lifesaving drug that can reverse an opioid overdose will be available on pharmacy shelves without a prescription this summer,…

2 years ago

Why Are Killer Whales Ripping Livers Out of Their Shark Prey?

Life as a carnivore is often tough. You have to catch your meals on the run, and depending on the…

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Southeastern U.S. Seas Are Rising at Triple the Global Average

CLIMATEWIRE | Sea levels have surged along the coastlines of the southeastern United States, new research finds — hitting some of…

2 years ago

Good News for Coffee Lovers

Tanya Lewis: Hi, and welcome to Your Health, Quickly, a Scientific American podcast series! Josh Fischman: On this show, we…

2 years ago

What New Evidence from the Wuhan Market Tells Us about COVID’s Origins

New and hotly debated genetic evidence from a curious doglike animal is adding some crucial pieces in the puzzle of…

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