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In Two States, Transforming the Model for Palliative Care
Palliative care provides a constellation of services to people with serious or chronic illness, not just...
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Low-frequency Noise is Pervasive. Does That Matter?
Unlike high-frequency sounds, low-frequency waves can penetrate walls and carry farther distances. The research on low-frequencies...
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When Dementia Strikes a Beloved Writer
Beloved Nobel Prize-winning writer Gabriel García Márquez wanted his last book — which he wrote as...
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Can a 'Net-Zero' World Lead to True Sustainability?
Ambitious plans to eliminate greenhouse gas emissions across the economy focus on engineering solutions such as...
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The Quest to Find and Identify Missing Persons
Scientists are testing environmental DNA as a tool to help search for, locate, and repatriate lost...
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A Polluted Peruvian City Prevails in International Court
A landmark ruling from the Inter-American Court of Human Rights has ordered the government of Peru...
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The Genetic Net: Tracking Insects — and Biodiversity — with eDNA
Few tools measure biodiversity on a grand scale, and there’s still much scientists don’t know despite...
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Interview: Puncturing Misconceptions About Vaccine Hesitancy
David M. Higgins, a pediatrician and author of a recent essay in The New England Journal...
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Do ‘Griefbots’ Help Mourners Deal With Loss?
AI-driven chatbots for bereaved people simulate interactions with lost loved ones based on their emails, texts,...
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When Infection Sparks Obsession: PANDAS and PANS
In 1998, a publication detailed how a child’s behavior could change alarmingly after a strep infection....
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The Contested World of Classifying Life on Earth
There exists no single, unified list of all species. Taxonomists in different fields don’t always define...
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A Common Gene Test Could Save Lives From Chemo Drug Overdose
The chemotherapy drug fluorouracil, known as 5-FU, kills an estimated 1 in 1,000 patients, but a...
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Book Review: Confronting the Slow Calamity of Climate Migration
In “On the Move,” Abrahm Lustgarten explores the profound demographic impact that global warming will have...
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Failure to Define Long Covid Will Impede Research Progress
Some people who get Covid-19 experience symptoms long after the initial illness, developing what’s known as...
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On the Horizon: The Booming eDNA Marketplace
As supporters lobby for regulatory acceptance, a group of large consulting companies and eDNA specialists see...
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A Weak Spot in Carbon Sequestration: Abandoned Oil and Gas Wells
A new report highlights the risk that 120,000 abandoned oil and gas wells pose to underground...
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The Allure and Dangers of Experimenting With Brain-Dead Bodies
Surging interest in xenotransplantation, the implanting of non-human animal parts into human bodies, has cast a...
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Book Excerpt: How Robots Have Become Trusted Surgical Assistants
Despite what we see in science fiction movies, intelligent machines cannot perform surgeries alone. But highly...
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Ukrainian Scientific Collections Need Protection During War
Scientific collections housed in museums, archives, and libraries are part of a country’s cultural heritage. During...
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To Mars and Back: Will NASA’s Ambitious Endeavor Be Worth It?
A complex mission to retrieve samples from the red planet is in the works. But while...
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In Wisconsin, Satellites Spotlight Illegal Manure Spreading
A group of scientists are analyzing satellite images to teach computers to recognize when farmers butter...
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New Genetic Tools Have Dramatically Changed Wildlife Conservation
In the rapidly growing field of eDNA, technological innovation has been key to surveying biodiversity. And...
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Book Excerpt: In Animals, the Thin Line Between Play and Dreaming
Psychologists and cognitive scientists are probing the mysteries of play and dreaming among animals, which may...
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Reduce the Use of Incubators to Address Infant Mortality
The World Health Organization recommends that all preterm infants receive at least 8 hours of skin-to-skin...