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Hair Straighteners and Relaxers May Be Harmful to Health. Here's How to Make Them Better

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Growing evidence suggests certain hair products marketed toward Black women may be harmful to their health. Scientists, entrepreneurs and policymakers are taking steps to fix the problem

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Can a Private Space Mission Pierce Venus's Clouds?

Amid uncertainty over space agencies’ plans for future Venus exploration, enthusiasm for a private-sector mission grows

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It's Not All in Your Head--You Do Focus Differently on Zoom

Virtual meetings and video calls don’t quite stack up to in-person interaction—and a new study proves it

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Why Does This Hybrid Monkey Glow Green?

Researchers created a monkey that combines cells from two different individuals; a lab technique gave it a strange green glow

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Where Farmers' Almanacs' Weather Predictions Come From

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Two competing farmers’ almanacs say this winter will be cold and snowy, but NOAA, the top U.S. weather agency, disagrees

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See JWST's Spectacular New View of the Crab Nebula

The James Webb Space Telescope’s studies of the Crab nebula may shed new light on the supernova remnant’s origins

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Wildfires Threaten More Homes and People in the U.S. Than Ever Before

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The number of homes located within the perimeters of wildfires has doubled since the 1990s. A surprising ecosystem is responsible for the risk

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Doctors Complete First Successful Face and Whole-Eye Transplant

Surgeons transplanted part of a face and an entire eyeball into a man with severe electrical burns. He is not yet able to see out of the eye, but preliminary evidence suggests it may retain some function

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The Woman Who Demonstrated the Greenhouse Effect

Eunice Newton Foote showed that carbon dioxide traps the heat of the sun in 1856, beating the so-called father of the greenhouse effect by at least three years. Why was she forgotten?

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Small Collections of Cells Determine How a Body Takes Its Shape

Developmental biologist Alfonso Martinez Arias believes that the emergent properties of cells, rather than the “instructions” written by genes, are the key to understanding how bodies are built

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Can We Even Have Babies in Space? Why We're Not Ready for Life Off-Planet

Reproducing in space is just one of many reasons we should delay settlements beyond Earth

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Earth Just Had the Hottest 12-Month Span in Recorded History

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The planet just saw the hottest span of 12 months in human history because of climate change driven by the burning of fossil fuels

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How Do Ultraprocessed Foods Affect Your Health?

Ultraprocessed foods have become a mainstay of modern diets and could be taking a toll on our health

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Euclid Space Telescope Releases Stunning First Science Images

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Fresh images show off the Euclid space telescope’s ability to capture crisp pictures of vast swaths of sky

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People Pay Attention Better Today Than 30 Years Ago--Really.

A rise in IQs in recent decades is mirrored by a trend showing an increase in adults’ ability to concentrate

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Birds Named after People Will Get New English Names

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Standard English names for North American birds will now focus on the animals rather than people

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Mysterious Galápagos Reefs Harbor Strawberry Squid and Other Fantastic Creatures

A deep-sea expedition discovers a strange, dark world of strawberry squid and ratfish in cold-water corals near the Galápagos Islands

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Elephantnose Fish 'Sees' by Doing an Electric Boogie

The goofy-looking elephantnose fish “sees” its environment in three dimensions by creating a weak electric field and doing a little shimmy

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Training Bartenders, Barbers and Divorce Attorneys as Counselors Could Reduce Gun Suicides

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Some of the tens of thousands of suicide deaths in the U.S. each year would not have happened if people in the community had been schooled to provide advice about gun safety

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Could Math Design the Perfect Electoral System?

Graphics reveal the intricate math behind ranked choice voting and how to design the best electoral system, sometimes with bizarre outcomes

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