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Sara Zlotnik, University of Florida

August 9, 2020 8:19 AM

Glowing worms have less sex when the lights are on

Artificial lighting makes it harder for bioluminescent insects to find mates

Deborah Jin engineered new quantum states of matter — twice

According to colleague Kathryn J. Levin, Jin "probably would have gotten the Nobel"

Karmela Padavic-Callaghan, University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign

August 7, 2020

Racial injustice causes Black Americans to age faster than whites

Nicole Van Groningen, Cedars-Sinai Hospital

August 6, 2020

Why cultivated meat is about to have its Tesla Roadster moment

Daan Luining, Molecular Biology

August 5, 2020

'Hyper urban' coyote genomes are growing apart from their city and rural cousins

Jaime Chambers, Washington State University

August 4, 2020

A viper's zig-zag colors help blur their predators' vision

Sara Zlotnik, University of Florida

August 2, 2020

Cervical mucus is an unsung indicator of women's health

Lauren J. Young

August 1, 2020

US prisons are an experiment that lets COVID-19 run wild

July 31, 2020

Scientists put visions of letters in blind people's brains

Meredith Schmehl, Duke University

July 31, 2020

Paralyzed man has sense of touch restored by brain-machine interface

Hayden Kee, Fordham University

July 29, 2020

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