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In Indonesia's Raja Ampat islands, local people are leading the effort to protect the world's most diverse coral reefs—and their own livelihoods—from the ravages of overfishing
After 33 years in the federal government, toxicologist Linda Birnbaum has tried to put sound science at the center of debates over chemical regulation
New York University lost crucial mouse colonies, but students and staff helped to save equipment and patients
Argentinean Mercedes Doretti has successfully identified the remains of hundreds of Central American immigrants who have perished on their dangerous journey north
Freshwater snails and reef-building corals are among the threatened groups
Long ignored by mainstream researchers, the viruses that infect bacteria have a role to play in modern medicine, Vincent Fischetti says
The obesity treatment shows promise for patients with diabetes despite concerns that it could cause heart complications
Two compounds already approved for use in humans increased the survival of lab mice even after they were exposed to radiation
Thumbi Ndung'u has moved from Africa to Massachusetts and back in a quest to halt the AIDS epidemic
Biologist Jayne Belnap warns of the consequences for the American West if we don't preserve a home for the minute organisms that live in desert topsoil
Strengthening science education is the key to securing our energy future, says Rensselaer Polytechnic Institute's president
As a disease detective at the NIH, William A. Gahl unravels the cause of illnesses that have stumped other doctors
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