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a1 Who decides whether to use gene drives against malaria-carrying mosquitoes? In a large laboratory cage, a male mosquito carries a g…
e5 Just 3 ingredients can quickly destroy widely used PFAS ‘forever chemicals’ The undoing of toxic “forever chemicals” may be found i…
d4 50 years ago, the United States and Soviet Union joined forces for science U.S. and Soviet leaders … signed agreements on space, s…
c3 A newfound, oddly slow pulsar shouldn’t emit radio waves — yet it does Astronomers have added a new species to the neutron sta…
b2 Growing wildfire threats loom over the birthplace of the atomic bomb There are things I will always remember from my time in…
a1 A new origin story for domesticated chickens starts in rice fields 3,500 years ago It turns out that chicken and rice may have always gone…
e5 How I’ll decide when it’s time to ditch my mask For weeks, I have been watching coronavirus cases drop …
d4 50 years ago, scientists thought a desert shrub might help save endangered whales The sperm whale is an endangered species. A major reaso…
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