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In the past three decades, suicides involving guns have steadily dropped around the world. While down overall in the US...
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The Science Is Clear: Gun Control Saves Lives
Some editorials simply hurt to write. This is one. At least 19 elementary school children and two teachers are dead,...
Bricks made of dust from the Moon and Mars could make space buildings
Baking a mixture of saltwater and materials that mimic dust from the moon or Mars at a high temperature produced...
Anti-fatness in the Surgical Setting
It was 6:30 A.M., and I was getting ready to head down to the operating room (OR) for the first...
Dementia: 7 things to do to avoid the condition even if you have high genetic risk
A study of people in the US suggests those at high genetic risk of dementia are less likely to develop...
Pollen Grains Carry Hundreds of Plant Viruses
There’s more than just pollen riding on a springtime breeze. Just as some human viruses spread when humans reproduce, plant...
Why Was the Tonga Eruption So Massive? Scientists Have New Clues
Just how big was the January eruption of the Hunga-Tonga volcano? Four months of intensive science has only bumped up...
Scientists Must Consider the Risk of Racist Misappropriation of Research
No well-intentioned researcher expects that their work will be used to justify violence. But following the racist massacre of 10...
What is a black hole?
Black holes are objects with an intense gravitational pull so strong that not even beams of light, the fastest things...
What is bitcoin and how does it work?
Bitcoin is a digital currency which operates free of any central control or the oversight of banks or governments. Instead...
IBS: Irritable bowel syndrome may be caused by overreacting gut cells
Epithelial cells in the gut remain active in mice even after an irritant clears, which may be the source of...
Overturning Roe v Wade would be a disaster for public health
Ending abortion protections in the US could start the unravelling of many hard-won rights – with dire consequences for health...
How to make your own yogurt
By Sam Wong Shutterstock/Rozdemir THE idea that we can improve our gut health by eating foods containing live “friendly” bacteria,...
Our Sun Could Someday Reveal the Surfaces of Alien Earths
We now know of more than 5,000 exoplanets beyond the solar system. What we really understand about each of these...
Emphysema missed among Black men in US due to race-adjusted lung tests
Poorly supported assumptions about typical levels of lung function among Black men in the US are leading medics to miss...
What We Know about Mass School Shootings–and Shooters–in the U.S.
The following essay is reprinted with permission from The Conversation, an online publication covering the latest research. When the Columbine...
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