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The Federal Funding Freeze Will Cause Lasting Damage to Medical Research

For much of living memory, the United States has been a global leader of scientific research and...

A new kind of non-opioid painkiller gets FDA approval

Patients seeking an opioid-free way to handle pain experienced in the short-term will soon have a...

Hotter cities? Here come the rats

If your city is getting rattier, climate change may be partially to blame. In an analysis of...

Do science dioramas still have a place in today’s museums?

At first glance, it’s a simple scene. Six adult bison and a calf mill around a stream....

RFK Jr.’s Senate Testimony Is Haunted by His Track Record

Robert F. Kennedy Jr. faced two Senate committees this week in his bid to be President Donald...

Ancient rocks reveal when rivers began pouring nutrients into the sea

Rivers may have operated on a global scale around 3.5 billion years ago. The new find comes...

Wild baboons don’t recognize themselves in a mirror

Self-awareness may be beyond primates in the wild. Chimps, organutans and other species faced with a mirror...

Scratching an itch is so good, and so bad

Scratching an itch can bring a contradictory wave of pleasure and misery. A mouse study on scratching,...

A tiny neutrino detector scored big at a nuclear reactor

A tiny neutrino detector has found its footing in a fresh setting — at a nuclear reactor. ...

Feeding sharks ‘junk food’ takes a toll on their health

In general, sharks have a reputation as swimming garbage cans that unflinchingly dine on whatever they can...

Washington, DC, Plane Crash: Everything We Know So Far

Investigators are scrambling to figure out why a military helicopter and a passenger airplane collided and plunged...

Better male birth control is on the horizon

In 1960, a new drug revolutionized society from the bedroom to the streets. The introduction of a...
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