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Lab-Grown Organoids Could Transform Female...

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2025/09/27

Artificial tissues that mimic the placenta, endometrium, ovary and vagina could point to treatments for common conditions such as preeclampsia and endometriosis

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Hurricane Humberto and Potential Tropical Storm...

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2025/09/26

Hurricane Humberto and a system that may become Tropical Storm Imelda in the coming days are swirling quite close to each other in the western Atlantic Ocean

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NIH Funds New Autism Studies on Genes and Environment...

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2025/09/26

The National Institutes of Health is investing $50 million into research on genetic and environmental factors underlying autism—news that was eclipsed by President Donald Trump’s recent controversial claims about acetaminophen

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Smallmouth Bass Evolve to Evade Electric Culling in...

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2025/09/26

Scientists electrically culled invasive fish in a 20-year battle—but the fish fought back with rapid evolution

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Asteroid ‘Families’ Reveal Solar System’s Secret History

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2025/09/26

Many asteroids are related, but their family trees can be hard to trace

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Neuroscience and Art Collide in a Posthumous...

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2025/09/26

A museum exhibit in Australia lets visitors hear music generated by brain cells derived from the blood of a dead composer.

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WWI-Era Shipwrecks in Mallows Bay Form Ecological...

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2025/09/25

Nearly 100 years ago dozens of ships were abandoned in a shallow bay in the Potomac River. Today plants and animals are thriving on the skeletons of these vessels

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Taylor Swift’s Speech Pattern Changed over Time,...

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2025/09/25

An analysis of Taylor Swift’s interviews suggests her speech pattern has changed over her career

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Punch Cards, Pipeline Problems, and the Future of...

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2025/09/25

Carla Brodley, founding executive director of the Center for Inclusive Computing at Northeastern University, explains how to make computer science education more accessible to everyone

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Good Conversations Don’t Require Everybody to Agree,...

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2025/09/25

Brain imaging is illuminating the patterns linked to productive, positive dialogue, and those insights could help people connect with others

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Bird Flu and Human Flu Viruses Could Mix in Cow...

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2025/09/25

Cells in cow udders could act as a site for human flu and bird flu viruses to swap genes and generate dangerous novel strains

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‘Nightmare Bacteria’ Infections Spiking, Leaving Key...

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2025/09/24

The infection rate of one type of carbapenem-resistant Enterobacterales bacteria has risen by more than 460 percent in recent years. Scientists say people receiving treatment in hospitals are at highest risk

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What Is Leucovorin, the Unproven Autism Drug Backed...

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2025/09/24

The Trump administration is backing leucovorin as a treatment for autism, despite limited evidence. Some doctors and researchers are concerned

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Earthquakes Release Energy Mostly Through Heat, Not...

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2025/09/24

Up to 98 percent of the energy of an earthquake goes into flash heating rocks, not shaking the ground, new research shows. The finding could help yield better earthquake forecasts

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Mary Roach’s New Book Replaceable You Explores...

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2025/09/24

Mary Roach unpacks the millennia-long effort to replace failing body parts—and the reasons that modern medicine still struggles to match the original designs.

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We Can Stop Teen Suicide

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2025/09/24

By understanding warning signs and talking to your child, parents can help reduce the risk of teen suicide

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The Moon Is Rusting—Thanks to ‘Wind’ Blown from Earth

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2025/09/23

Lunar minerals can rust when bombarded with high-energy oxygen particles, experiments show

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How Indigenous Storytelling Is Transforming RSV Care...

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2025/09/23

Abigail Echo-Hawk, a preeminent Native American public health expert, discusses RSV, “data genocide” and positive change driven by Indigenous storytelling

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The Global Burden of RSV

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2025/09/23

Respiratory syncytial virus (RSV) continues to affect infants and older and immunocompromised people around the world. These graphics reveal where the burden lies and what the effects of immunizations are

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New RSV Preventives Dramatically Reduce Infant...

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2025/09/23

The year 2023 marked the debut of groundbreaking innovations to prevent severe RSV infections in infants. Now protected babies are way less likely to develop severe infections or to end up in the ICU

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