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How a More Conservative Supreme Court Could Impact Environmental Laws

With Judge Amy Coney Barrett poised to become the sixth Republican-nominated justice on the nation’s highest bench, environmental law experts…

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Deadly Spread of Some Cancers May Be Driven by a Common Mouth Microbe

When people hear that they might have cancer, perhaps the only thing more frightening than the C word is the…

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Study Sequences 100 Tomato Varieties

Tomatoes come in a dizzying array of shapes, sizes and flavors—and a new study uses state-of-the-art DNA-sequencing technology to finally…

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Identical Quantum Particles Pass Practicality Test

Quantum particles are known to be strange or even “spooky.” But can those properties ever be useful? A new study…

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Could Exposure to the Common Cold Reduce the Severity of COVID-19 Infection?

The ongoing tragedy of the COVID-19 pandemic afflicts every corner of the world. Vaccines may be our best hope for…

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How Decoding Dyslexia Can Help Decode the Mind

During this school year, thousands of children will begin reading. Despite their best efforts, however, up to a tenth of…

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Color-Changing Ink Turns Clothes into Giant Chemical Sensors

A new color-changing ink could aid in health and environment monitoring—for example, allowing clothing that switches hues when exposed to…

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Is there Really Life on Venus? There’s Only One Way Know for Sure

Most people tend to think of Venus as completely uninhabitable, given that its surface temperature hovers around 900 degrees Fahrenheit…

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September 2020: The Art and Science of Efficient Manufacturing

1970 1970 Pacific Junction “A four-week Pacific cruise this spring by the U.S. Navy research vessel DeSteiguer has produced further…

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How COVID-19 is Changing the English Language

In April, the editors of the Oxford English Dictionary did something unusual. For the previous 20 years, they had issued…

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