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The COVID Lab-Leak Hypothesis: What Scientists Do and Do Not Know

June 10, 2021 — Amy Maxmen, Smriti Mallapaty and Nature magazine

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These Alternative Economies Are Inspirations for a Sustainable World

June 9, 2021 — Ashish Kothari

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Ganymede Looks Glorious in New Images from NASA’s Juno Mission

June 9, 2021 — Mike Wall and SPACE.com

New Radioactivity Measurement Could Boost Precision of Dark Matter Experiments

The process finds minuscule amounts of radioactive material in metals

June 11, 2021 — Karmela Padavic-Callaghan

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The COVID Lab-Leak Hypothesis: What Scientists Do and Do Not Know

June 10, 2021 — Amy Maxmen, Smriti Mallapaty and Nature magazine

Conservation

These Alternative Economies Are Inspirations for a Sustainable World

June 9, 2021 — Ashish Kothari

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Ganymede Looks Glorious in New Images from NASA’s Juno Mission

June 9, 2021 — Mike Wall and SPACE.com

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Invasive Species Can Sometimes Help an Ecosystem

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Poem: ‘Turing and the Apple’

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Venus Wins Stunning Third New Mission, This Time from Europe

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A Random Walk through the English Language

June 11, 2021 — Jordan Ellenberg | Opinion

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For African Elephants, Pee Could Be a Potent Trail Marker

June 11, 2021 — Christopher Intagliata

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Experts Weigh In on Pentagon UFO Report

The vast majority of examined incidents were not caused by U.S. advanced technology programs, the forthcoming report concludes. So what’s going on?

June 8, 2021 — Leonard David

Pupil Size Is a Marker of Intelligence

There is a surprising correlation between baseline pupil size and several measures of cognitive ability

June 2, 2021 — Jason S. Tsukahara, Alexander P. Burgoyne and Randall W. Engle

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We’re Overlooking a Major Culprit in the Opioid Crisis

Pharmaceutical companies and drug dealers have been part of the problem—but so have policy makers

May 28, 2021 — Maia Szalavitz | Opinion

Puppies Understand You Even at a Young Age, Most Adorable Study of the Year Confirms

Researchers in the happiest lab in the world tested 375 pups and found they connected with people by eight weeks

June 3, 2021 — Karen Hopkin and Christopher Hopkin

Let’s Rebuild the U.S. Jaguar Population—Yes, Jaguars

Most Americans are probably surprised that we still share a country with these magnificent big cats. But they need help to survive

June 8, 2021 — Eric W. Sanderson | Opinion

Death by Primordial Black Hole

If such an object a mere 1,000 times bigger than an atom passed through your body, the result would not be pretty

June 6, 2021 — Avi Loeb | Opinion

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This Pride Month, discover the science supporting equality and antidiscrimination

June 1, 2021

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