SCIENCE
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Men Succumb to Anesthesia More Easily than Women
Men May Succumb to Anesthesia More Easily than Women Findings in animals and humans emphasize the perils of not including…
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Baltimore Bridge Collapse Will Teach Engineers to Build Safer Infrastructure
Baltimore Bridge Collapse Will Teach Engineers to Build Safer Infrastructure The loss of Baltimore’s Francis Scott Key Bridge after a…
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How a Rare Islamic Astrolabe Helped Muslims, Jews and Christians Tell Time and Read Horoscopes
How a Rare Islamic Astrolabe Helped Muslims, Jews and Christians Tell Time and Read Horoscopes A rare Islamic astrolabe discovered…
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The Future of Driving in the U.S. Is Electric—Sort Of
The Future of Driving in the U.S. Is Electric—Sort Of The EPA’s final rule on car emissions will result in…
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Female Mosquitoes Follow Each Other to Breeding Sites
The following essay is reprinted with permission from The Conversation, an online publication covering the latest research. Aedes aegypti mosquitoes,…
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Most Astronauts Get ‘Space Headaches.’ Scientists Want to Know Why
Most Astronauts Get ‘Space Headaches.’ Scientists Want to Know Why Headaches are a common and recurring problem in space, even…
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First Comprehensive Plastics Database Tallies Staggering 16,000 Chemicals—And It’s Still Incomplete
First Comprehensive Plastics Database Tallies Staggering 16,000 Chemicals—And It’s Still Incomplete A massive new dataset highlights more than 4,200 plastic…
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Titanosaurs—The Biggest Land Animals in Earth’s History—Thrived by Combining Reptilian and Mammalian Traits
Titanosaurs—The Biggest Land Animals in Earth’s History—Thrived by Combining Reptilian and Mammalian Traits The secret to titanosaurs’ remarkable biological success…
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Meet the Real-Life Versions of Dune’s Epic Sandworms
Meet the Real-Life Versions of Dune’s Epic Sandworms A Dune-loving worm paleontologist makes the case that worms have been just…
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Is Marijuana Bad for Health? Here’s What We Know So Far
Is Marijuana Bad for Health? Here’s What We Know So Far Marijuana’s health impacts—good and bad—are coming into focus By…
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