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An argument for gene drive technology to genetically control populations of...
Swarms of locusts are seen on a tree in a residential area in the southwestern Pakistan city of Quetta on June 12, 2020. BANARAS KHAN/AFP via Getty ImagesThe fate of society rests in part on how humans...
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Video: An infectious disease expert explains the results from Moderna's...
A new study published in the New England Journal of Medicine, discloses the results from phase 1 of Moderna's COVID-19 vaccine trials.YurolaitsAlbert / Getty ImagesBiotech company Moderna, one of many...
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Twitter hack exposes broader threat to democracy and society
Twitter mediates so much in the public sphere that weak points at the company are weak points in society. NurPhoto via Getty ImagesIn case 2020 wasn’t dystopian enough, hackers on July 15 hijacked the...
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Mandatory face masks might lull people into taking more coronavirus risks
Masks are a crucial tool for stopping the pandemic – but don't let them give you a false sense of security.Patricia J. Garcinuno/Getty Images Entertainment via Getty Images EuropeGovernments all around...
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Sexism pushed Rosalind Franklin toward the scientific sidelines during her...
Rosalind Franklin at age 25.Elliott & Fry/© National Portrait Gallery, London, CC BY-NC-NDWhat do coal, viruses and DNA have in common? The structures of each – the predominant power source of the...
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ALS scientific breakthrough: Diabetes drug metformin shows promise in mouse...
A man with ALS uses a head-mounted laser pointer to communicate with his wife, by pointing to letters and words on a communication board.Fezcat via Wikipedia.comAn FDA-approved diabetes drug shows...
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Science elicits hope in Americans – its positive brand doesn't need to be...
"Science" makes people think optimistically about the future.WIN-Initiative/Stone via Getty ImagesHarley-Davidson is one of the most iconic brands in the world. Harley-Davidson, however, doesn’t sell...
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Disinformation campaigns are murky blends of truth, lies and sincere beliefs...
It's difficult by design to identify disinformation campaign instigators and their agendas.stevanovicigor/iStock via Getty ImagesThe COVID-19 pandemic has spawned an infodemic, a vast and complicated...
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Why hydroxychloroquine and chloroquine don't block coronavirus infection of...
Chloroquine is an antimalarial drug originally developed in 1934; it doesn't block coronavirus infection in humans. Brasil2 / Getty ImagesThe Research Brief is a short take about interesting academic...
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3 questions to ask yourself next time you see a graph, chart or map
White House Coronavirus Task Force members reference a misleading chart in a press briefing.AP Photo/Alex BrandonSince the days of painting on cave walls, people have been representing information...
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Video: Slowing deforestation is the key to preventing the next pandemic – but...
Reducing deforestation of tropical forests and supporting the communities that live there can reduce the risk of future pandemics.AFP via Getty ImagesIn a recent journal article, a team of biologists,...
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The road to electric vehicles with lower sticker prices than gas cars –...
Replacing carbon-emitting gas-powered cars with EVs requires whittling away EVs' price premium, and that comes down to one thing: battery cost.Westend61 via Getty ImagesElectric vehicle sales have...
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The mystery of the missing portrait of Robert Hooke, 17th-century scientist...
Known as Mary Beale's 'Portrait of a Mathematician,' could the circa 1680 painting depict Hooke?Mary Beale, CC BYGroundbreaking discoveries in science often come with two iconic images, one...
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At the evangelical Creation Museum, dinosaurs lived alongside humans and the...
Christian fundamentalists like Ken Ham, CEO of the evangelical group that owns the Creation Museum, believe dinosaurs were among the animals rescued on Noah's Ark.Jeff Haynes/AFP via Getty ImagesSummer...
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How to hide from a drone – the subtle art of 'ghosting' in the age of...
The federal government has used military-grade border patrol drones like this one to monitor protests in US cities._ Jonathan Cutrer/Flickr, CC BY-SADrones of all sizes are being used by environmental...
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Bloodthirsty tsetse flies nurse their young, one live birth at a time –...
When they suck your blood they can leave behind the parasite that causes sleeping sickness.Patrick Robert/Sygma via Getty ImagesTsetse flies are bloodthirsty. Natives of sub-Saharan Africa, tsetse...
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NASA's big move to search for life on Mars – and to bring rocks home
In a clean room at NASA's Jet Propulsion Laboratory in Pasadena, Calif., engineers observed the first driving test for the Mars rover, Perseverance. Perseverance will search for signs of past microbial...
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Private browsing: What it does – and doesn't do – to shield you from prying...
The major browsers have privacy modes, but don't confuse privacy for anonymity.Oleg Mishutin/iStock via Getty Images Many people look for more privacy when they browse the web by using their browsers...
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Don't blame cats for destroying wildlife – shaky logic is leading to moral panic
Are cats really to blame for the worldwide loss of biodiversity?Dzurag/iStock via Getty Images PlusA number of conservationists claim cats are a zombie apocalypse for biodiversity that need to be...
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Test positivity rate: How this one figure explains that the US isn't doing...
As cases surge, testing needs to increase as well.AP Photo/David J. PhillipThe U.S. has performed more coronavirus tests than any other country in the world. Yet, at the same time, the U.S. is notably...
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