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Topic: Science (page 7)

The Medical University of South Carolina is conducting a genetics research project to study how DNA affects health conditions, such as heart disease and cancer. Lee Moultrie, a member of the community advisory board for the project, regularly wears a bright-blue pullover with the words "In Our DNA SC" embroidered on the front to encourage people to enroll in the study. (Gavin McIntyre/KFF News)

Genetics studies have diversity problem

Lauren Sausser - KFF Health News
A CalFire (California Department of Forestry and Fire Protection) firefighter seen silhouetted against the raging flames. CalFire firefighters take on the Rabbit Fire that is currently taking over Moreno Valley, California on July 14, 2023. (Jon Putman/SOPA Images/LightRocket via Getty Images)

On the front lines of American wildfires

Connor Goodwin - ProPublica
Banded mongoose group approaching with curiosity (Mungos mungo) (Getty Images/Anup Shah)

Mongoose warfare: Rikki Tikki's revenge

Rae Hodge
Teenage girls lying on bed looking at smart phones (Getty Images/The Good Brigade)

Social media benefits teen mental health

Mike Males
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This picture taken early on December 26, 2019 shows a seagull flying above a beach in Kuwait City during the partial solar eclipse event. (YASSER AL-ZAYYAT/AFP via Getty Images)

How will birds respond to the eclipse?

Kimberly Rosvall, Liz Aguilar - The Conversation
Alex Jones | Solar Eclipse (Photo illustration by Salon/Getty Images)

Solar eclipses breed conspiracy theories

Nicole Karlis
Moon (Getty Images/MASTER)

NASA instructed to make a Moon clock

Rae Hodge
Brown Eye, close-up (Getty Images / Lora Owens / FOAP)

Visual perception speed differs widely

Rae Hodge
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Japanese tit (Getty Images/rockptarmigan)

Japanese birds gesture "after you"

Matthew Rozsa
An illustration of the Earth Return Orbiter bringing samples from Mars back to Earth. After capturing the samples in orbit around Mars, the orbiter would return to Earth and release its Earth Entry System, which is depicted here in the distance. (NASA/ESA/JPL-Caltech/GSFC)

Is it worth returning samples from Mars?

Sarah Scoles - Undark
Spermworld (Courtesy of FX Networks)

The world of underground sperm banks

Nicole Karlis
A view of the Milky Way supermassive black hole Sagittarius A* in polarized light. (EHT Collaboration)

Black hole pic reveals Milky Way enigma

Rae Hodge
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Sugar cubes in metallic spoons (Getty Images/Yulia Reznikov)

Just how harmful is sugar?

Grace Marie Jones - The Conversation
Total Solar Eclipse (Getty Images/Pitris)

Enjoy the eclipse, even if blind

David Hurd, Cassandra Runyon - The Conversation
Firefighters work at the Botanical Garden after a forest fire in Viña del Mar, Chile, on February 4, 2024. (JAVIER TORRES/AFP via Getty Images)

On Chilean wildfires, Darwin and climate

Nikolas Kozloff
A doctor picks medicines for a patient at a temporary clinic in the southern Gaza Strip city of Rafah, on Jan. 8, 2024. (Rizek Abdeljawad/Xinhua via Getty Images)

Antibiotic resistance is rising in Gaza

Carlyn Zwarenstein
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President Joe Biden arrives to deliver his State of the Union address in the House Chamber of the U.S. Capitol on Thursday, March 7, 2024. (Tom Williams/CQ-Roll Call, Inc via Getty Images)

Don't ignore Biden's abortion inaction

Rae Hodge
Psychedelic Elon Musk (Photo illustration by Salon/Getty Images)

Can psychedelics treat narcissism?

Rich Haridy
Artist’s Impression of Heaviest Supermassive Binary Black Hole (NOIRLab/NSF/AURA/J. daSilva/M. Zamani)

Heaviest black hole pair ever measured

Matthew Rozsa
This albino sloth was named Goldie by the Sloth Conservation Foundation (Dr. Rebecca Cliffe/The Sloth Conservation Foundation)

Why Costa Rica's sloths may be mutating

Levi Stallings
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Alzheimers and dementia research, a brain scan in multi well tray used for research experiments in laboratory (Getty Images/Andrew Brookes)

Understanding the brain's sewage system

Nicole Karlis
Planets Neptune and Uranus (Getty Images/Jason Reed)

New moons of Uranus and Neptune found

Nicole Karlis
Brain Fog, concept (Getty Images/David Wall)

Is COVID brain fog from a "leaky" brain?

Nicole Karlis
Sand slipping through fingers (Getty Images/PeopleImages)

The conflict generated by sand

Matthew Rozsa
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