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The Massive, Overlooked Potential of African DNA

Megan Molteni

What happens when vaccine scepticism takes over? Look to the Philippines

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What happens when vaccine scepticism takes over? Look to the Philippines

Peter Imbong

Forget sex robots. You'll be intimate with AI sexbots instead

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Forget sex robots. You'll be intimate with AI sexbots instead

Emma Grey Ellis

Three Simple Tests Might Help Prevent Athletes’ Injuries

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Three Simple Tests Might Help Prevent Athletes’ Injuries

Eric Niiler

Lots of Athletes Say CBD Is a Better Painkiller. Is It?

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Lots of Athletes Say CBD Is a Better Painkiller. Is It?

Sara Harrison

The FDA Tells Congress E-Cigarettes Are Unsafe—and Illegal

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The FDA Tells Congress E-Cigarettes Are Unsafe—and Illegal

Sara Harrison

How Amateur Video Is Helping Us Understand Deadly Tsunamis

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How Amateur Video Is Helping Us Understand Deadly Tsunamis

Gloria Dickie

How Vikings Went Into a Trancelike Rage Before Battle

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How Vikings Went Into a Trancelike Rage Before Battle

Jennifer Ouellette, Ars Technica

Meet the DNA detectives fighting to stop the next Horsegate

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Meet the DNA detectives fighting to stop the next Horsegate

Megan Tatum

You Can Soon Get Your DNA Sequenced Anonymously

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You Can Soon Get Your DNA Sequenced Anonymously

Megan Molteni

AI Could Reinvent Medicine—Or Become a Patient's Nightmare

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AI Could Reinvent Medicine—Or Become a Patient's Nightmare

Megan Molteni

Science is working on a fix to control gene-edited mosquitoes

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Science is working on a fix to control gene-edited mosquitoes

Sabrina Weiss

Does the FDA Even Regulate E-Cigs? Actually Kinda Not

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Does the FDA Even Regulate E-Cigs? Actually Kinda Not

Sara Harrison

The First Hurricane Relief Drone Almost Flew in The Bahamas

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The First Hurricane Relief Drone Almost Flew in The Bahamas

Michele Cohen Marill

McDonald's big AI splurge is all about drive-through domination

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McDonald's big AI splurge is all about drive-through domination

Daphne Leprince-Ringuet

How Rich Donors Like Epstein (and Others) Undermine Science

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How Rich Donors Like Epstein (and Others) Undermine Science

Adam Rogers

Three Ways to Fix the Drug Industry's Rampant Dysfunction

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Three Ways to Fix the Drug Industry's Rampant Dysfunction

Michele Cohen Marill

The extreme tech that will help people live forever

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The extreme tech that will help people live forever

Stephen Armstrong

The Myth of Processed Foods, an Amazon Walkout, and More News

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The Myth of Processed Foods, an Amazon Walkout, and More News

Alex Baker-Whitcomb

Science explains why plastic cups make your coffee taste weird

Food

Science explains why plastic cups make your coffee taste weird

Sabrina Weiss