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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...
Red salamander found in Panamanian forest is a new species
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Florida Lab to Mimic Category 6 Hurricanes with 200-Mile-per-Hour Wind
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Two newly described Amazon fish species are on the brink of extinction
New varieties of South American darter fish were documented in Brazil’s Apuí region. But deforestation in the area means they...
Where Gun Stores Open, Gun Homicides Increase
Editor’s Note (5/25/22): This article is being republished in the wake of a school shooting in Uvalde, Tex., that killed...
Alien life: Pairs of giant planets may make their star systems ultra-habitable
Simulations of more than 140,000 possible planetary systems show that pairs of giant planets like Jupiter and Saturn may make...
Four Laws That Could Stem the Rising Threat of Mass Shootings
Editor’s Note (5/25/22): This article is being republished in the wake of a school shooting in Uvalde, Tex., that killed...
Monkeypox: Smallpox drug helped treat the disease in one UK patient in 2021
A drug developed for smallpox was given to a person with monkeypox in 2021, and it seemed to shorten their...
Guns Now Kill More Children and Young Adults Than Car Crashes
For much of the past few decades motor vehicle crashes were the most common cause of death from injury—the leading...
Genetic Technology Bill: Gene-edited food to get the go-ahead in the UK
The Genetic Technology (Precision Breeding) Bill being introduced to Parliament will allow gene-edited crops to be developed and grown in...
New Antiobesity Drugs Help People Shed Dozens of Pounds, but They Must Be Taken for a Lifetime
The people who seek out endocrinologist Domenica Rubino have tried again and again to lose weight. Diets of all kinds....
Marjan Minnesma: Climate litigation pioneer wins Goldman Environmental Prize
The 2022 Goldman Environmental Prize has been awarded to Marjan Minnesma, who sued the Dutch government over its carbon emissions...
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