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Portions of Mississippi and Missouri Rivers Are Most Endangered in U.S.

Two of the nation’s essential commercial waterways face extraordinary risk from climate change and associated flooding, a new report from…

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Practicing Medicine in the Time of COVID-19

This dispatch is from the not so distant past. It is time to see a patient. We flock together as…

5 years ago

Can Your Microbiome Reveal Your Ideal Diet?

For those with diabetes or prediabetes, managing blood sugar levels is a critically important part of preventing the progression of…

5 years ago

Longevity Gene May Protect against a Notorious Alzheimer’s Risk Gene

Consumer genetic tests can sometimes result in a terrible surprise appearing in the same report that divulges whether one has…

5 years ago

Flexible Armor Inspired by Mollusks Better Defends Joints

Scientific American April 2020A scaly sea creature called a chiton sparks an idea for new protective gear Protective gear has…

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Why Women May Be More Susceptible to Mood Disorders

Depression and other mood disorders often lack a discernible cause. Like many complex diseases, they emerge as genes and life…

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Travel Down a Borehole into Antarctica’s Lake Mercer [Video]

Have you ever wondered what the subglacial lakes of Antarctica look like? I have. In this video, a team of…

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Red-winged Blackbirds Understand Yellow Warbler Alarms

Brown-headed cowbirds are obligate brood parasites. That means they lay their eggs in the nests of other birds, leaving all…

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On Faith and Futility: A Pediatric Oncologist Meditates on the Death of a Child

My patients are children, and my patients often die. As a pediatric neuro-oncologist, my practice frequently brings me to the…

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Apollo 13 at 50 Years: Looking Back at the Mission’s Lost Lunar Science

Had everything gone to plan, NASA’s third mission to land astronauts on the moon would have deployed a pallet of…

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