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A man of genius – but his ideas were not to the benefit of all humankind. Mondadori Portfolio/Hulton Fine Art Collection via Getty Images A popular pseudoscience was leaving its …
Read MoreB117, the SARS CoV-2 variant that was first detected in the U.K., has been found to be 30%-80% more transmissible. Juan Gaertner/Science Photo Library via Getty Images Editor’s note: Two …
Read MoreElementary students initially received polio vaccines at school. PhotoQuest/Archive Photos via Getty Images I nervously fell into a long line of fellow first graders in the gymnasium of St. Louis’ …
Read MoreThe average price for an orphan drug is more than $150,000 per year. GP Kidd/Cultura/Getty Images The U.S. pharmaceutical industry has innovated in response to the pandemic, providing not only …
Read MoreUnderstanding how artificial intelligence algorithms solve problems like the Rubik’s Cube makes AI more useful. Roland Frisch via Wikimedia Commons, CC BY-SA The field of artificial intelligence (AI) has created …
Read MoreJust 20 amino acids for chains in various combinations to create the thousands of varieties of proteins in our body. David Goodsell/ProteinDatabase, CC BY-SA Editor’s note: Nathan Ahlgren is a …
Read MoreThese compounds occur naturally in a number of healthy foods, including legumes and whole grains. foodism360/Unsplash, CC BY Maybe you’re trying to eat healthier these days, aiming to get enough …
Read MoreThese astronaut footprints on the Moon aren’t protected yet. NASA It’s hard to care about bootprints sunk in soil 238,900 miles away as humanity suffers the combined burden of an …
Read MoreThe Wi-Fi symbol, like the technology it represents, has become ubiquitous. Smith Collection/Gado via Getty Images Though you can’t see them, radio waves are all around you all the time, …
Read MoreOnline activities can squeeze out time for other important parts of growing up. JohnnyGreig/E+ via Getty Images The Research Brief is a short take about interesting academic work. The big …
Read MoreOnline activities can squeeze out time for other important parts of growing up. JohnnyGreig/E+ via Getty Images The Research Brief is a short take about interesting academic work. The big …
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