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A Gene-Edited Pig Kidney Was Just Transplanted Into a Person for the First Time
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Did Climate Change Help This Skier Achieve the Impossible?
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Why Is Our Solar System Flat?
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NASA’s New PACE Observatory Searches for Clues to Humanity’s Future
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These States Are Basically Begging You to Get a Heat Pump
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Elon Musk Says a Human Patient Has Received Neuralink’s Brain Implant
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Two Nations, a Horrible Accident, and the Urgent Need to Understand the Laws of Space Right Now
9 mins; January 30, 2024
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The Extreme Sport of Ice Climbing Is at Risk of Extinction
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Scientists Will Test a Cancer-Hunting mRNA Treatment
6 mins; January 23, 2024
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8 mins; January 22, 2024
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Scabies Is Making a Comeback
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7 mins; January 17, 2024
The Real Problem With the Boeing 737 Max
9 mins; January 16, 2024
Norway’s Deep-Sea Mining Decision Is a Warning
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Why Humans Are Putting a Bunch of ‘Coal’ and ‘Oil’ Back in the Ground
9 mins; January 12, 2024
There’s a Huge Covid Surge Right Now and Nobody Is Talking About It
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How Your Body Adapts to Extreme Cold
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7 mins; January 09, 2024
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Your Eco-Friendly Lifestyle Is a Big Lie
7 mins; January 03, 2024
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Why Deleting Carbon From the Atmosphere Is So Controversial
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Snow Sports Are Getting More Dangerous
7 mins; December 22, 2023
Energy Drinks Are Out of Control
10 mins; December 21, 2023
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Elon Musk’s New Monkey Death Claims Spur Fresh Demands for an SEC Investigation
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How Dr. Clara Nellist Collides Art and Science
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A Brilliant COP Agreement? It Depends Who You Ask
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Here’s Scientific Proof Your Cat Will Eat Almost Anything
10 mins; December 13, 2023
This Pill Tracks Your Vitals From the Inside
10 mins; December 12, 2023
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7 mins; December 05, 2023
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7 mins; December 04, 2023
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A Cutting-Edge Cancer Treatment Is Under FDA Investigation—for Cancer Risk
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Dr. Sabrina Gonzalez Pasterski Will Change How You Think About Space
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Dr. Paula Johnson Is Breaking Down the Barriers to Better Health
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It’s Time to Log Off
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7 mins; November 22, 2023
Emissions Should Be Plummeting. Instead, They’re Breaking Dangerous New Records
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The First Crispr Medicine Just Got Approved
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Dr. Alison Todd’s Inventions May Save Your Life
6 mins; November 17, 2023
Dr. Michelle Wong Brings the Science of Skincare to New Audiences
6 mins; November 16, 2023
A Single Infusion of a Gene-Editing Treatment Lowered High Cholesterol
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Wegovy Slashes the Risk of Heart Attack and Stroke in a Landmark Trial
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The Hidden, Awful Way That Climate Change Imperils Animals
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The FDA Approves Weight Loss Drug Zepbound, a Wegovy and Ozempic Rival
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The Euclid Space Telescope’s Spectacular First Photos of Distant and Hidden Galaxies
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The World’s Broken Food System Costs $12.7 Trillion a Year
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Scientists Have Finally Found the Origins of a Mysterious Asteroid
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The Ultra-Efficient Farm of the Future Is in the Sky
4 mins; November 03, 2023
As Extreme Heat Increases, Heart Attacks Will Rise
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Everyone Was Wrong About Why Cats Purr
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