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RFK Plans to Take on Big Pharma. It’s Easier Said Than Done

Last month, President-elect Donald Trump announced Robert F. Kennedy Jr. as his choice to be the next...

Humans Will Continue to Live in an Age of Incredible Food Waste

Let me start with the following principle: “Energy is the only universal currency: One of its many...

Designer Babies Are Teenagers Now—and Some of Them Need Therapy Because of It

For years now, aspiring parents have been designing their children. Screening embryos for disease-causing genes during IVF,...

US Meat, Milk Prices Should Spike if Donald Trump Carries Out Mass Deportation Schemes

President-elect Donald Trump built his campaign on the promise of the “largest deportation operation in American history.”...

An Augmented Reality Program Can Help Patients Overcome Parkinson’s Symptoms

In 2018, Tom Finn took his father, Nigel, to a physiotherapy appointment. Nigel was living with vascular...

Climate Change Is Destroying Monarch Butterflies’ Winter Habitat

every year, at the beginning of November, one of the most impressive natural spectacles in the world...

Muscle Implants Could Allow Mind-Controlled Prosthetics—No Brain Surgery Required

Alex Smith was 11 years old when he lost his right arm in 2003. A drunk driver...

Meet the Plant Hacker Creating Flowers Never Seen (or Smelled) Before

Sebastian Cocioba’s clapboard house on Long Island doesn’t look much like a cutting-edge plant biology lab. Then...

These 3 Things Are Standing in the Way of a Global Plastics Treaty

THIS ARTICLE IS republished from The Conversation under a Creative Commons license.United Nations-backed talks for a global...

Everyone Is Capable of Mathematical Thinking—Yes, Even You

The original version of this story appeared in Quanta Magazine.David Bessis was drawn to mathematics for the...

A Uranium-Mining Boom Is Sweeping Through Texas

This story originally appeared on Inside Climate News and is part of the Climate Desk collaboration.In the...

A Mysterious Respiratory Disease Has the Democratic Republic of the Congo on High Alert

Deaths in the southwest of the Democratic Republic of the Congo from an as-yet unidentified disease are...
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