Imagine the human genome as a string stretching out for the length of a football field, with all the genes…
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In 1698, British doctor John Floyer wrote a treatise on asthma, the first major work focused on the disease. Not…
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This story originally appeared on Grist and is part of the Climate Desk collaboration. Grant Downie had been out of…
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New U.S. studies show COVID-19 vaccines remain highly effective against hospitalizations and death By LAURAN NEERGAARD AP Medical Writer September…
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You’d think it would be easier to spy on a Risso’s dolphin. The species frequents nearly every coast in the…
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Faced with a threat, the brain has to act fast, its neurons making new connections to learn what might spell…
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This story originally appeared on Atlas Obscura and is part of the Climate Desk collaboration. While trekking through the Peruvian…
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When Donald Trump invoked genetics at a campaign rally in Minnesota in September 2020, commentators were quick to connect his…
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Johnson & Johnson says its potential HIV vaccine did not provide protection against the virus in a study of young…
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