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Methadone Maintenance versus Synthetic Heaven: Inside the Historic Fight over Heroin Treatment

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In the 1970s Marie Nyswander thought that she had finally found a long-term treatment for heroin addiction, but not everyone agreed—including some of the people she was trying to help

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SpaceX's Starship Fails Upward in Milestone Test

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Starship, a super powerful launch system that could revolutionize access to space, soared for mere minutes—but its test flight is still being hailed as a success

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Renewable Energy Is Charging Ahead

Renewable energy has seen considerable growth in recent years, but there is a long way to go to achieve a clean energy future that averts the worst effects of the climate crisis

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How My AI Image Won a Major Photography Competition

Boris Eldagsen submitted an AI-generated image to a photography contest as a “cheeky monkey” and sparked a debate about AI’s place in the art world

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Supreme Court Preserves Access to Abortion Pill, pending Appeal

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The nation’s highest court paused a lower court’s decision to nullify approval of the abortion drug mifepristone, keeping the medication available while an appeal moves forward

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Cool Transportation Hacks Cities Are Using to Fight Climate Change

Through “bike buses,” more pedestrian-friendly streets and electric vehicles, some cities are making strides in decarbonizing transportation

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New Planet-Hunting Technique Finds Worlds We Can See Directly

A promising combination of exoplanet-finding methods pinpoints details about its first world

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How Bears Hibernate without Getting Blood Clots

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Hibernating brown bears avoid the blood clots that can develop in even temporarily immobile people. Scientists now think they know how the animals do it

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JWST's Newfound Galaxies Are the Oldest Ever Seen

We now know that the first galaxies in our universe formed shockingly fast, thanks to the latest results from the James Webb Space Telescope

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See the Sharp New Image of an Iconic Black Hole

Using machine learning, researchers have now created a much sharper portrait of the supermassive black hole at the center of the galaxy M87

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How Often Should People Get COVID Boosters?

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The CDC and FDA have decided that one updated COVID booster is enough for now, in contrast to recommendations from other countries and global health organizations

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These Doctors Fought the Federal Bureau of Narcotics to Treat Addiction--With Drugs

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In the early 1960s a trio at the Rockefeller Institute started a bold experiment to change the way heroin addiction was treated, and they did so using a drug originally created by “the devil’s chemist”

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What New Evidence from the Wuhan Market Tells Us about COVID's Origins

Recently released data from samples of the COVID-causing virus SARS-CoV-2 at the market where many early cases of the disease occurred suggest animals were present but stop short of proving that they were infected and transmitted the virus to humans

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How the Mifepristone Ruling Could Affect Abortion Access

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A federal judge in Texas ruled to withdraw the Food and Drug Administration’s approval of the abortion drug mifepristone, potentially making medication abortion less accessible nationwide

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The NYPD's Robot Dog Was a Really Bad Idea: Here's What Went Wrong

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Design, context and timing influence whether humans embrace a robot or reject it

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What New Evidence from the Wuhan Market Tells Us about COVID's Origins

Recently released data from samples of the COVID-causing virus SARS-CoV-2 at the market where many early cases of the disease occurred suggest animals were present but stop short of proving that they were infected and transmitted the virus to humans

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Why Are Killer Whales Ripping Livers Out of Their Shark Prey?

Killer whales rip open the bellies of sharks to snag the liver. Other predators also have dietary preferences for organs, brains and additional rich body parts

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How Over-the-Counter Narcan Can Help Reverse Opioid Overdoses

A recent Food and Drug Administration decision that makes naloxone available without a prescription may increase the drug’s accessibility. But cost could be a barrier

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2 High School Students Prove Pythagorean Theorem. Here's What That Means

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At an American Mathematical Society meeting, high school students presented a proof of the Pythagorean theorem that used trigonometry—an approach that some once considered impossible

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Astronomers Spy a Giant Runaway Black Hole's Starry Wake

A candidate “rogue” supermassive black hole may weigh as much as 20 million suns and has sparked a trail of star formation that is 200,000 light-years long

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