Science
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Hair Relaxers Will Be Safer without Formaldehyde, but It’s Just a Start
I was in fourth grade when I got my hair relaxed for the first time. My mom took me to…
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How Cryptographic ‘Secret Sharing’ Can Keep Information Safe
Trust but verify. That expression captures the tension between relying on others while still wanting to keep some level of…
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The Same Extremists Target Both Muslims and Jews
December 7, 2023 6 min read Far-right extremists shifted their online hate from Muslims to Jews in 2017, and offline…
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U.S. Drinking-Water Systems Still Haven’t Defeated This Nasty Parasite
Thirty years ago a tiny parasite in the water supply in Milwaukee, Wis., touched off the largest waterborne disease outbreak…
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AI’s Climate Impact Goes beyond Its Emissions
Artificial intelligence is not limited to entertaining chatbots: increasingly effective programs trained with machine learning have become integral to uses…
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Your Organs Might Be Aging at Different Rates
The number of birthdays you’ve had—better known as your chronological age—now appears to be less important in assessing your health…
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Unless We Cut Emissions, Ice Sheets, Forests and Ocean Currents Are Headed for Catastrophe
CLIMATEWIRE | The melting Greenland ice sheet is the single largest contributor to global sea-level rise — and some experts are…
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A Small Town Waits for a Dark Matter Gold Rush
Sierra Ward: James 5:7-8: Be patient, therefore, beloved, until the coming of the Lord. The farmer waits for the precious…
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These Researchers Put Sperm Through a Kind of ‘Hunger Games’
Karen Hopkin: This is Scientific American’s Science, Quickly. I’m Karen Hopkin. Swimming against a current can be tough. But imagine…
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These Researchers Put Sperm Through a Kind of ‘Hunger Games’
Karen Hopkin: This is Scientific American’s Science, Quickly. I’m Karen Hopkin. Swimming against a current can be tough. But imagine…
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