They’re evolving faster than we can stop them

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Social determinants of health can match or exceed genetic risk of common diseases

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Hint: It’s more for science than for support

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And how lugworms tweak the rules by pooping upside down

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They could complicate the hunt for extraterrestrial life—and compromise astronaut health

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Glycans, once ignored, may revolutionize medicine

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The first animals onto terra firma weren’t amphibians as previously suspected

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And it’s much hotter than previously thought

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On this day almost four centuries ago, the father of modern science was forced to bow to political and religious pressure to save his life

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A NASA astronaut Meir captured a stunning video of aurora australis

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The elusive creatures were thought to have vanished

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A United States Army Lieutenant was the first to forecast the deadly storms in the late 1800s. Then he was told to stop.

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A conversation with an expert in geomythology about a wild idea

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A new look at puma-human encounters in the mountains of California

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In this age of AI anxiety, listen to your heart

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Author and physicist Chanda Prescod-Weinstein on the crisis in American science

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The remnants of a star that exploded 1,700 years ago

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And researchers have a new theory for her untimely demise

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But not for all women

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A new shark species just dropped

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