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Fall COVID Vaccines and the Latest Guidance on Tests and Treatment We’re in a summer COVID surge, and updated vaccines are due soon. Here’s a quick update on what you need to know

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COVID Vaccines Coming Soon as Summer Surge Continues

We’re in a summer COVID surge, and updated vaccines are due soon. Here’s a quick update on what you need to know

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Antarctica’s ‘Doomsday Glacier’ Won’t Collapse in Worst-Case Scenario Antarctica’s riskiest glacier is a disaster in slow motion. But in a rare bit of good news, the worst-case scenario for its collapse may be off the table

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‘Doomsday Glacier’ Isn’t as Close to Collapse as We Thought

Antarctica’s riskiest glacier is a disaster in slow motion. But in a rare bit of good news, the worst-case scenario for its collapse may be off t...

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Polaris Dawn Is the Most Ambitious—And Risky—Private Spaceflight Yet The Polaris Dawn mission—a partnership between SpaceX and billionaire Jared Isaacman—will soar to historic heights and attempt the first-ever commercial spacewalk

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Polaris Dawn Is the Most Ambitious—And Risky—Private Spaceflight Yet

The Polaris Dawn mission—a partnership between SpaceX and billionaire Jared Isaacman—will soar to historic heights and attempt the first-ever c...

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In Early Science Journalism, These Women Were Writing for Their Lives Starting in the 1920s female writers pioneered the field of science writing for the mass market, making it their mission to help ordinary people understand everything from astronomy to venereal disease

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In Early Science Journalism, These Women Were Writing for Their Lives

Starting in the 1920s female writers pioneered the field of science writing for the mass market, making it their mission to help ordinary people un...

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Brain Scans Reveal Aging Patterns Based on Disease, Alcohol and Smoking Brain scan study hints that methods could be developed to detect the earliest stages of neurodegenerative disease

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Brains Age in Five Different Ways

Brain scan study hints that methods could be developed to detect the earliest stages of neurodegenerative disease

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Artificial Sweetener Erythritol Likely Linked to Thrombosis Risk, Study Warns A new study suggests a commonly used sugar substitute could increase the risk of blood clots, raising concerns for heart complications

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Artificial Sweetener Erythritol Linked to Blood Clots, Study Warns

A new study suggests a commonly used sugar substitute could increase the risk of blood clots, raising concerns for heart complications

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Wealthier Members of Congress Have Family Links to Slavery U.S. Senators and Representatives whose family had a history of enslaving others have greater present-day wealth

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Wealthier Members of Congress Have Family Links to Slavery

U.S. Senators and Representatives whose family had a history of enslaving others have greater present-day wealth

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Solving Inflammatory Bowel Disease’s Mysteries May Lead to New Therapies Understanding genetics, immunology and the microbiomes of people with inflammatory bowel disease could aid in finding the right treatments for the condition

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Solving Inflammatory Bowel Disease’s Mysteries May Lead to New Therapies

Understanding genetics, immunology and the microbiomes of people with inflammatory bowel disease could aid in finding the right treatments for the ...

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Solving Inflammatory Bowel Disease’s Mysteries May Lead to New Therapies Understanding genetics, immunology and the microbiomes of people with inflammatory bowel disease could aid in finding the right treatments for the condition

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Solving Inflammatory Bowel Disease’s Mysteries May Lead to New Therapies

Understanding genetics, immunology and the microbiomes of people with inflammatory bowel disease could aid in finding the right treatments for the ...

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Solving Inflammatory Bowel Disease’s Mysteries May Lead to New Therapies Understanding genetics, immunology and the microbiomes of people with inflammatory bowel disease could aid in finding the right treatments for the condition

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Solving Inflammatory Bowel Disease’s Mysteries May Lead to New Therapies

Understanding genetics, immunology and the microbiomes of people with inflammatory bowel disease could aid in finding the right treatments for the ...

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How Are These Mineral Deposits Producing Oxygen from the Ocean Floor? Polymetallic blobs are producing “dark oxygen” from the depths of the ocean—and no one knows exactly how.

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Metal-Rich Ocean Deposits Produce ‘Dark Oxygen’

Polymetallic blobs are producing “dark oxygen” from the depths of the ocean—and no one knows exactly how.

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Europe's JUICE Jupiter Probe Zooms past the Moon in Historic Flyby The Jupiter Icy Moons Explorer spacecraft took a shortcut to the giant planet by way of the Earth and the moon

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The Jupiter Icy Moons Explorer spacecraft took a shortcut to the giant planet by way of the Earth and the moon

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Without AC, Texan Prisons Sentence People to Unsafe Heat Air-conditioning is uncommon for incarcerated people, and the heat index inside many of Texas’s 100 prison buildings can exceed 110 degrees Fahrenheit

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Without AC, Texan Prisons Sentence People to Unsafe Heat

Air-conditioning is uncommon for incarcerated people, and the heat index inside many of Texas’s 100 prison buildings can exceed 110 degrees Fahre...

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Can Thousands of Huge Machines Capture Enough Carbon to Slow Climate Change? Tech firms, oil companies and the U.S. government are investing billions of dollars in carbon capture technology to suck greenhouse gases out of the atmosphere. Can it save the warming world?

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Can Thousands of Huge Carbon Capture Machines Save the Warming World?

Tech firms, oil companies and the U.S. government are investing billions of dollars in carbon capture technology to suck greenhouse gases out of th...

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Trump's Weird Debate Strategies Come From Creationist Tactics A dishonest creationist debating tactic shouldn’t go unchallenged in American life. Or in national politics

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A dishonest creationist debating tactic shouldn’t go unchallenged in American life. Or in national politics

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How the Harris-Walz and Trump-Vance Health Policy Records Compare As Democrats convene in Chicago to make official their presidential and vice presidential nominees, Vice President Kamala Harris and Minnesota Gov. Tim Walz together are raising the prominence of health care as a 2024 election issue

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How the Vice Presidential Candidates Compare on Health Care

As Democrats convene in Chicago to make official their presidential and vice presidential nominees, Vice President Kamala Harris and Minnesota Gov....

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New Satellite Will Track Methane Super Emitters Tanager-1 is the first in a series of satellites that aim to pinpoint major emitters of carbon dioxide and methane, major greenhouse gases

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New Satellite Will Track Methane Super Emitters

Tanager-1 is the first in a series of satellites that aim to pinpoint major emitters of carbon dioxide and methane, major greenhouse gases

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Bird Flu Is Infecting Pet Cats. Here’s What You Need to Know As bird flu spreads in cats, cows and other animals, it has more opportunity to adapt to easily infect humans

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Bird Flu Is Infecting Pet Cats. Here’s What You Need to Know

As bird flu spreads in cats, cows and other animals, it has more opportunity to adapt to easily infect humans

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How Food Banks Prevent Climate Change by Averting Carbon Emissions Redistributing food to food banks before it’s tossed or wasted doesn’t just fight hunger—such efforts also fight climate change

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How Food Banks Prevented 1.8 Million Metric Tons of Carbon Emissions Last Year

Redistributing food to food banks before it’s tossed or wasted doesn’t just fight hunger—such efforts also fight climate change

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1 in 4 Unresponsive People with Brain Injuries May Be Conscious More people than we thought who are in comas or similar states can hear what is happening around them, a study shows.

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1 in 4 Unresponsive People with Brain Injuries May Be Conscious

More people than we thought who are in comas or similar states can hear what is happening around them, a study shows