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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