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Readers discuss an unsung scientist, a mutant bacterium named Chonkus, Science News’ new look
Life of the party Margaret S. Collins, the first Black female entomologist in the United States to earn a Ph.D.,…
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Clot-busting meds may be effective up to 24 hours after initial stroke symptoms
The clot-dissolving medication, alteplase, improved stroke patients’ recovery by more than 50% when given up to 24 hours after the…
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Potential new pathway to fight viruses
Five years removed from the COVID-19 outbreak, scientists around the world are still studying its effects and, more importantly, ways…
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Dozens of Clinical Trials Have Been Frozen in Response to Trump’s USAID Order
Asanda Zondi received a startling phone call last Thursday, with orders to make her way to a health clinic in…
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Eyelashes help fling water from our eyes
array: A broad and organized group of objects. Sometimes they are instruments placed in a systematic fashion to collect information…
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2nd form of bird flu detected in US cows
A second type of bird flu has been detected among dairy cows in the United States, the U.S. Department of…
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Ice streams move due to tiny ice quakes
The great ice streams of the Antarctic and Greenland are like frozen rivers, carrying ice from the massive inland ice…
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The best way to cook an egg, according to science
When egg prices are hard-boiling your temper, it’s important to make sure that each egg you make is the best…
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Ancient black holes might solve the mystery of dark matter
A yet-unseen population of ancient black holes may be lurking throughout the universe. If they exist, these bottomless cosmic pits…
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January Was Hottest January on Record, Scientists Report
Even as much of the United States shivered under frigid conditions last month, the planet as a whole had its…
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