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New strategy helps build synthetic organs from scratch. This enabled the researchers to grow functioning liver tissue in…
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Most methods of determining whether electoral maps are fair require a lot of math and some tough computation. But there…
High-profile media figures are defecting to Substack, where readers will have to pay a subscription to read their work.…
A 1904 revolt against mandatory smallpox inoculation taught Brazilian health officials a deadly lesson on how to vaccinate…
Many countries, ranging from Hungary to Brazil, are using violence and legal measures to control, intimidate and shut down…
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The Atlantic Ocean is still growing physically, but humans are over-harvesting its rich fisheries. The most famous one –…
President-elect Biden hopes to restore America's global leadership on issues like trade, but populists in both parties…
Scientists are not convinced by the current evidence of UFOs. That doesn't mean that they don't exist. But have…
Archaeologists used to dig primarily at sites that were easy to find thanks to obvious visual clues. But technology –…
Calls for help to domestic violence shelters have risen during the pandemic, as risk factors for the escalation of violence…
With new US COVID-19 cases near 200,000 a day, contact tracers are overwhelmed. Here's how infected people can start…
For much of American history, the only December holiday to be recognized in the White House was Christmas, but menorah lightings…
New research on Wisconsin's changing demographics suggests that racial integration and political polarization were a…
The word, which roughly translates to considering the needs of society above your own, has become a buzzword in Denmark.
A pharmaceutical supply chain expert explains the challenges of distributing the COVID-19 vaccines from Pfizer and Moderna…