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Evolution doesn't work the way you think it does

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An evolutionary biologist explains all the things you might get into an argument over

Allison Fritts-Penniman, Ecology

How should a COVID-19 vaccine be distributed?

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Jill Neimark, Science Journalism

Skin cells protect their DNA from bumps and bruises with a jello-like response

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Rachel Stewart, RIKEN Center for Biosystems Dynamics Research

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Misinformation is keeping invasive, destructive lionfish around

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Sarah Heidmann, University of the Virgin Islands

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DNA from a mummified bishop's lungs shows tuberculosis infected humans only recently

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Amanda Rossillo, Duke University

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The NIH is turning the human reference genome into a pangenome

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Dan Samorodnitsky

The mother's gut microbiome helps a child's brain develop its senses

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Simon Spichak, University College, Cork

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Meet Katherine Johnson, the computer who helped send men to the moon

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Jenny Howard, Wake Forest University

A potential new treatment for premature aging diseases keeps stem cells fresh longer

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Deanna MacNeil, McGill University

What counts as 15 minutes of close contact?

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An epidemiologist explains the CDC guidance

Ryan Malosh, University of Michigan

Polar bear numbers are rising in a once too-frigid Arctic basin

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Julie Hollis, Government of Greenland

Brood parasites are quite picky about who they offload their kids on, depending on the climate

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Sara Zlotnik, University of Florida

The little mountain rivers that create the Amazon might soon be choked off

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Jeremy Snyder, Lawrence Berkeley National Laboratories

The oceans contain vast mineral resources. Can the deep sea be mined without catastrophic results?

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Ashley Marranzino, University of Rhode Island

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A power list of the LatinX scientists who are changing the world

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The Biota Project

A slime mold changes its mind: an interview with slime mold scientist Audrey Dussutour

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Max G. Levy, Science and Health Journalism

Animal "construction workers" rebuild natural landscapes more efficiently than humans ever could

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Jazmin Murphy, Ecology

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PFAS chemicals reach remote oceans and accumulate in whales, dolphins, and other ocean life

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Max G. Levy, Science and Health Journalism

Brain banks are key to understanding COVID's mysterious symptoms, but only if people are willing to donate

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Some COVID-19 patients experience dizziness, loss of smell and even seizures, but we need brain donations from patients and healthy controls to understand why.

Kathryn Vaillancourt, McGill University

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The protein Klotho could extend the life of the brain. Is that a good thing?

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Dan Samorodnitsky

Neuroscientist seeks love molecule: a conversation with Bianca Jones Marlin

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Claudia López Lloreda, University of Pennsylvania

A grape virus causes vineyards to lose $60,000 per hectare, and there's no defense against it

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Luyi Cheng, Northwestern University

A virus-like COVID-19 vaccine is being grown in tobacco plants

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Hayley McKay , University of Toronto

An unexpected green afterglow helped a storm chaser discover a new lightning phenomenon

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Katherine McCormick, University of Washington

How to become a galaxy hunter: an interview with Burçin Mutlu-Pakdil

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Brittney G. Borowiec, Wilfrid Laurier University

The remarkable adaptability of the human brain

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Elizabeth Svoboda

A 540 million year-old microscopic protist sex mystery is solved

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Meghan Zulian, University of California, Davis

How a balloon flying over Antarctica made parallel universes tabloid fodder

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No, scientists did not discover evidence for a parallel universe in the Antarctic ice

Eleni Petrakou, Particle Physics

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No, you cannot pierce your brain with a COVID-19 swab test

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Carl Philpott, University of East Anglia

Watching Earth change from space: an interview with Africa Flores-Anderson

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Cassie Freund, Wake Forest University

A new kind of climate change book brings emotions to the table

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Cassie Freund, Wake Forest University

COVID-19 lockdown has changed how we use recreational drugs

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Christine Jack, University of Aberdeen

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Our computers are limited by their rock-based architecture

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Claire L. Evans

Escaping through a predator's butt is a common strategy for prey

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Sahana Sitaraman, National Centre for Biological Sciences, India

You should be excited that scientists are releasing 750 million genetically modified mosquitoes this year

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Lila Westreich, University of Washington

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How did birds become birds? An interview with Jingmai O'Connor

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Maddie Bender, Yale University

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