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A Fentanyl Vaccine Is About to Get Its First Major Test

Just a tiny amount of fentanyl, the equivalent of a few grains of sand, is enough to...

Twisted stacks of 2-D carbon act like a weird type of superconductor

Senior physics writer Emily Conover has a Ph.D. in physics from the University of Chicago. She...

Self-hypnosis with cooling mental imagery could ease hot flashes

Meghan Rosen is a senior writer who reports on the life sciences for Science News. She...

Personalized ‘prehabilitation’ helps the body brace for major surgery

Major surgery takes a major toll on the body — not unlike running a marathon. You wouldn’t...

A therapeutic HPV vaccine shrank cervical tumors in mice

Meghan Rosen is a senior writer who reports on the life sciences for Science News. She...

The Oceans Are Going to Rise—but When?

The original version of this story appeared in Quanta Magazine.In May 2014, NASA announced at a press...

Canada just lost its measles elimination status. Is the U.S. next?

Measles is making a comeback in the Americas.  The United States may soon have to return its...

How to Measure the Earth’s Radius With Legos

More than 2,000 years ago, pretty much every educated human knew the Earth was round. There are...

Here are 3 big ideas to combat climate change, with or without COP

Belém, Brazil — The Amazon rainforest is a poster child for the perils of climate change. Deforestation and...

A foot fossil suggests a second early human relative lived alongside Lucy

In 2009, Yohannes Haile-Selassie and his team were combing the desert landscape of Burtele, a paleontological site in...

Listen to the crackle of Martian ‘mini-lightning’

When the wind blows on Mars, electricity crackles through the air. For the first time, scientists have...

Gratitude can increase joy, even if it feels a little cringe

Gratitude is arguably as quintessential to Thanksgiving as turkey, cranberry sauce and the kumbaya story of Pilgrims...
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