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Your dog’s flea meds might one day protect you from Zika

Jul. 5, 2018
Spilling oil in the name of science

Jul. 5, 2018
Belize’s coral reef is no longer endangered

Jun. 29, 2018
GMO labeling makes public more likely to trust food companies

Jun. 28, 2018
Deadly brain cancer potentially treated with modified poliovirus

Jun. 28, 2018
The oldest images of this bird are forcing experts to rethink ancient trade routes

Jun. 27, 2018
Koko, the famed sign language gorilla, has died

Jun. 22, 2018
Forget chess: Artificial intelligence is now debating people

Jun. 21, 2018
Billion-dollar pig disease may soon be no more, thanks to genetic engineering

Jun. 21, 2018
An unknown mutation is saving sea stars from wasting disease

Jun. 20, 2018
European eels are swimming in cocaine and other illegal drugs

Jun. 20, 2018
Promising early results for gene therapy for Duchenne muscular dystrophy

Jun. 19, 2018
Wind hitting Venus’s mountains makes the planet rotate faster

Jun. 19, 2018
Helicopter parents may prevent children from flying high

Jun. 18, 2018
Fecal transplants might help save vulnerable koalas

Jun. 14, 2018
How to grow veggies that are—literally—out of this world

Jun. 14, 2018
Mammoth dust storm on Mars has left a NASA rover in the dark

Jun. 13, 2018
These 12 U.S. states have record rates of unvaccinated kindergartners

Jun. 13, 2018
A mutated killer fungus is keeping cicadas alive

Jun. 13, 2018
One-fifth of the United Kingdom’s wild mammals could be extinct within a decade

Jun. 13, 2018
Clouds of diamonds found around newborn stars

Jun. 13, 2018
United States grabs supercomputing lead

Jun. 11, 2018
New flu viruses found in dogs

Jun. 8, 2018
Surveillance drones can identify violence from the sky as it happens

Jun. 8, 2018