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The U.K.’s Cass Review Badly Fails Trans Children
The U.K.’s Cass Review Badly Fails Trans Children A politicized review into transgender medicine in the National Health Service has…
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Dungeons & Dragons Is Shedding ‘Race’ in Gaming. Here’s Why It Matters
Dungeons & Dragons Is Shedding ‘Race’ in Gaming. Here’s Why It Matters The nerd culture powerhouse is rebranding its elves,…
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500-Million-Year-Old ‘Alien Fish Taco’ Was among First Creatures with Jaws
500-Million-Year-Old ‘Alien Fish Taco’ Was among First Creatures with Jaws A bizarre fossil of a Cambrian creature that looked like…
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How Twisters Brought the Science of Storm Chasing to the Big Screen
If you grew up in the 1990s and have even a cursory interest in tornadoes, you’ve probably seen Twister. The…
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The Head of NASA Science Spent a Whole Weekend Building a LEGO Rocket
Early on a recent Monday morning, the head of NASA’s science division shared to social media a triumphant photograph of…
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The Riemann Hypothesis, the Biggest Problem in Mathematics, Is a Step Closer to Being Solved
The Riemann hypothesis is the most important open question in number theory—if not all of mathematics. It has occupied experts…
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Giant Viruses Discovered in Arctic Ice Could Slow Sea-Level Rise
Giant Viruses Discovered in Arctic Ice Could Slow Sea-Level Rise Scientists recently discovered giant viruses infecting algal blooms that dot…
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Releasing Baby Cane Toads Teaches Predators to Avoid Toxic Adults
Releasing Baby Cane Toads Teaches Predators to Avoid Toxic Adults Australian conservationists introduced juvenile cane toads ahead of invasions to…
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Elephants Call Their Relatives by Name across the Savanna
Elephants Call Each Other by Name Across the Savanna Female elephants address one another with individualized rumbles By Marta Zaraska…
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World’s Largest Known Genome Discovered in Small, Unassuming Fern
Tiny Fern Has World’s Largest Genome A small South Pacific fern boasts more than 50 times as many base pairs…
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