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What Does ‘Protection’ against COVID Really Mean?
More than two years into the COVID-19 pandemic, scientists are still scratching their head over a basic question: Is there something they…
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Will NASA Save Europe’s Beleaguered Mars Rover?
Europe’s long-awaited ExoMars rover—the first ever for the continent—seems to be cursed. Parachute problems scuppered its initially…
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The Weight of Stigma: Heavier Patients Confront the Burden of Bias
Melissa Krechmer, a social worker in Philadelphia, grew tired of hearing the same refrain from each of her doctors. “I’d go to my…
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Tuberculosis Is the Oldest Pandemic, and Poverty Makes It Continue
Meera Yadav gave birth to her first baby in 2013, when she was a 23-year-old living in a slum in Mumbai, India, with her husband's…
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Dolphins Rub against Mucus-Oozing Corals to Soothe Skin
Like humans, dolphins sometimes suffer from irritated skin. But instead of lathering on soothing lotion, Indo-Pacific bottlenose dolphins…
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Physicists Find a Shortcut to Seeing an Elusive Quantum Glow
Theoretical physics is full of weird and wonderful concepts: wormholes, quantum foam and multiverses, just to name a few. The problem is…
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NASA Hails Starliner Launch Success Despite Thruster Glitch
Boeing’s Starliner spacecraft is officially on its way to the International Space Station (ISS) after 2.5 years of delays.
A United…
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The U.S. Needs Its Local Public Health Officials Back, Stat
In many ways, the most important scientific battlefields have become the forums and meetings of local government. During the first year…
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Climate-Fueled Heat Waves Will Hamper Western Hydropower
CLIMATEWIRE | When California suffers a heat wave, it leans heavily on hydropower from the Pacific Northwest to keep the lights on.
But…
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Your Phone Could be Used to Prosecute For Getting an Abortion. Here's how.
Technology editor Sophie Bushwick breaks down precedent for using your phone to monitor personal health data.
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