SCIENCE
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Genetic Testing Is a Gift. But It Shouldn’t be a Present
A few years ago, a patient of mine—let’s call her Pandora—purchased four DNA testing kits as holiday gifts for herself…
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Anthony Fauci Tells SciAm about the Biggest Health Threat We Face
Anthony Fauci became a household name during the COVID pandemic. But the genially stubborn infectious disease doctor, who spent decades…
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‘Neuroaesthetics’ Reveals How the Arts Help with Dementia and Trauma
Many of us do not have to look much farther than our family, circle of friends, or co-workers to know…
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Addiction Telemedicine Has Saved Lives. Let’s Keep It Going
December 10, 2024 5 min read Addiction Telemedicine Has Saved Lives. Let’s Keep It Going Pandemic relaxation of buprenorphine-prescribing restrictions…
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Wuhan Lab Sequences Reveal No Close COVID Relatives, Virologist Says
December 6, 2024 3 min read Wuhan Virologist Says Lab Has No Close Relatives to COVID Virus Shi Zhengli, the virologist at…
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Does Sleep Training Work? | Scientific American
In countries like the U.S. and U.K., “training” a baby to sleep through the night is practically a rite of…
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Math and Physics Can’t Prove All Truths
November 29, 2024 5 min read Math and Physics Can’t Prove All Truths Physicists have described a system that requires…
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Your Friends Shape Your Microbiome—and So Do Their Friends
November 27, 2024 3 min read Your Friends Shape Your Microbiome—and So Do Their Friends Analysis of nearly 2,000 people…
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RFK, Jr., Could Run the Agency That Oversees the CDC, FDA and NIH. Here’s What That Means for Public Health
Rachel Feltman: Happy Monday, listeners! For Scientific American’s Science Quickly, I’m Rachel Feltman. Let’s kick off the week by catching…
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Mathematicians’ Newest Assistants Are Artificially Intelligent
Mathematicians explore ideas by proposing conjectures and proving them with theorems. For centuries, they built these proofs line by careful…
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