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Tag Archives: Science
The HeLa Line
Albeit decades late, a Black woman’s unwitting contribution to science is being acknowledged, along with past injustices.
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Guided To A Cul-De-Sac By Science
Policymakers who are “guided by science” are actually guided by the scientists whose advice they choose to heed.
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A ‘Fishy’ Solution To Ocean Pollution
A prestigious science prize goes to a plastic-replacing translucent film derived from marine waste, mainly fish slime.
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Endangering An Extinct Animal
Is reviving the mammoth a cool idea or one that deserves a cold shoulder?
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Our Human Affection For Robots
For good or ill, humans are prone to feel strong emotions toward machines that remind us of ourselves.
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Learning From Stephen Hawking
Stephen Hawking searched for answers about the universe; we could fruitlessly search for someone more inspiring than Hawking.
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Harmless ‘Killer Wasps’
Winter is coming, which means a truce for cicadas and the wasps that hunt them all summer.
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What If Death Is Less Certain Than Taxes?
A teenager’s court battle in Britain hints at future questions of life after death.
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GMOs And Vaccine Resistance
Years of anti-GMO activism may have inadvertently planted seeds of resistance to bioengineered coronavirus vaccines.
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