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Gender-Affirming Care Improves Mental Health—and May Save Lives
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James Webb Space Telescope: Red smudge could unlock chemistry of the early universe
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Morti the four-legged robot can learn to walk in only an hour
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Covid-19: Sewage surveillance could identify new variants as effectively as PCR tests
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Heat and Humidity Are Already Reaching the Limits of Human Tolerance
Over the hundreds of thousands of years of our existence on the planet, modern humans have managed to adapt to...
Historical plagues led to revolutions – could coronavirus do the same?
From an Ancient Egyptian plague to the Black Death and Spanish flu, epidemics have often spurred societal transformations. Understanding why...
The Covid Virus Keeps Evolving. Why Haven’t Vaccines?
On March 16, 2020, the first volunteer received a shot of Moderna’s then-experimental Covid-19 vaccine, just 63 days after the...
With Record-Breaking Heat, Europe Glimpses Its Climate Future
CLIMATEWIRE | Record-breaking temperatures and vicious wildfires swept through Western Europe and the United Kingdom this weekend, in what may...
Beavers to be legally protected from harm in England from October
Under new legislation, it will be an offence to deliberately capture, kill, disturb or injure beavers in England or damage...
What Turtles Can Teach Humans About the Science of Slow Aging
There are three ways to die: of injury, disease, or old age. Over time, humans have gotten better at avoiding...
To Life: Abortion Access Allowed Us to Have a Happy, Healthy Family
We recently celebrated our daughter’s marriage, a life-affirming ritual made all the more joyous by being able to reunite with...
Black Hole Symphony preview: Orchestral work blends science with music
An extraordinary piece called Black Hole Symphony translates cutting-edge research on black holes into an electro-symphonic score with five movements...
Why the Arctic Is Warming 4 Times as Fast as the Rest of Earth
All the extra warmth of summer is also getting trapped in the Arctic Ocean, then released throughout the winter. “The...
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