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Medical & Biotech
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Are Human Body Temperatures Cooling Down?
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Behavior & Society
Let’s Stop Talking about “Battling Cancer”
Wellness
Is Eating Late Bad for Your Heart?
The American Heart Association suggests that late-night eating might increase your risk of heart disease. But how solid is the evidence?
Medical & Biotech
Medical & Biotech
Kill Switch for CRISPR Could Make Gene Editing Safer
The Body
The Body
Are Human Body Temperatures Cooling Down?
Behavior & Society
Behavior & Society
Let’s Stop Talking about “Battling Cancer”
Medicine
Medicine
Johns Hopkins Scientists Give Psychedelics the Serious Treatment
Behavior & Society
Behavior & Society
All of Us Have a Role to Play in Keeping the EPA Accountable
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The Body
People’s Body Systems Age at Different Rates
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Policy & Ethics
Female Surgeons Are Still Treated as Second-Class Citizens
Wellness
Wellness
Unexpected Clues Emerge About Why Diets Fail
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Female Surgeons Are Still Treated as Second-Class Citizens
The profession is rife with sexual harassment, bullying and discrimination—and that needs to change
Unexpected Clues Emerge About Why Diets Fail
The physiology of weight regain still baffles scientists, but surprising insights have emerged
People’s Body Systems Age at Different Rates
Individuals have an “ageotype” that’s specific to one organ system, which could be targeted in order to extend healthy life
Bacteria “Tolerant” of One Antibiotic Are More Likely to Develop Resistance
Even combination therapies do not prevent such pathogens from becoming resistant
Gene Therapy Arrives
After false starts, drugs that manipulate the code of life are finally changing lives
WHO Says Mysterious Illness in China Likely Being Caused by New Virus
The virus behind an outbreak that has sickened at least 59 people in Wuhan is thought to be a type of coronavirus, the family that includes SARS and MERS
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An Auditory Expert Hopes to Replace Lost Hearing Cells
A. James Hudspeth, winner of the 2018 Kavli Prize in Neuroscience, spoke with Scientific American editor emerita Mariette DiChristina about his efforts to regenerate lost or damaged inner-ear cells that make hearing possible...
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