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Paul Sancya / AP New Tools Could Help Pin Down the Cause of a Failing Memory
By measuring the changing volume of patients’ brains, some physicians hope they can offer targeted treatments even without an official diagnosis.
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Avrajjal Ghosh / Barcroft India / Barcroft Media ... The Hitler Beetle and Other Oddities of Scientific Naming
No rules stop researchers—or even anyone who wins an auction—from giving new species any moniker they like.
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Steve Marcus / Reuters Hearing Aids’ Reputation Is Lagging Behind the Technology
Manufacturers say the devices can benefit just about everyone. But first they have to become cool.
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Orlin Wagner / AP American Health Care Is Flooded With Duplicate Medical Records
The lack of a standard labeling system can lead to confused doctors and worse care.
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Dan Balilty / AP Grieving Parents Are Turning to Posthumous IVF
Is preserving a Jewish bloodline worth creating a child who will never know her father?
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Rutgers University Underwater Drones Could Transform Hurricane Forecasts
The key to predicting storm intensity may lie below the surface.
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Steve Helber / AP Hemp Has a Research Problem
Farmers are in a rush to grow the once-taboo plant, but scientists still haven’t figured out how they should do it.
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Amy Sancetta / AP The Best Real Estate to Get Animals Through Climate Change
Deep in shady forests and at the bottom of towering canyons, climate refugia could provide the stability that vulnerable species need.
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Christina Aldehuela / Getty In the World’s Most Vulnerable Countries, Investigating Disease Comes With a Moral Reckoning
Studies that infect participants with dangerous pathogens can be especially controversial in the poor areas that need the research the most.
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Volodymyr Goinyk / Shutterstock / Arsh Raziuddin / ... The Case for Treating Climate Change Like a Joke
Studies have shown that when it comes to relaying scientific messages, satire can be more effective than sincerity.
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Ajay Verma / Reuters In India, Breast Cancer Is Often a Death Sentence
Heat maps, blood tests, and cameras could be the key to turning high mortality rates around.
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Martha Dominguez de Gouveia / Unsplash / Undark The Communication Failure in Medical Record Keeping
Most hospitals in the U.S. use electronic charts and histories for their patients, but varied, incompatible platforms make it difficult to share critical information between institutions.
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mark peterson / Corbis / Getty The Dilemma of Teaching Race in High-School Biology
The way science classes talk about—or gloss over—the science of human difference could risk reinforcing students’ misperceptions.
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Mike Hutchings / Reuters Global Warming Could Throw France’s Wine-Making Traditions Into Chaos
Earlier, “unbalanced” harvests are putting Bordeaux’s premium grapes in jeopardy.
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Jordan Edgcomb / AP Ozone Is Dropping—Except in the Rural West
Drilling for oil and gas may be to blame.
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Eliana Aponte / Reuters Colombia’s Long Push to Bring ‘Loaned’ Fossils Home
Latin American countries have larger capacities than ever to house locally discovered specimens, but many are still held abroad.
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Ulrich Marx / Getty Is AI Ready to Prevent School Shootings?
Facing a project with no room for mistakes, companies are striving to ensure the technology is up to the task.
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China Stringer Network / Reuters China’s Love for Meat Is Threatening Its Green Movement
Even as it champions renewable energy, the country has struggled to curb a rising demand for livestock.
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Courtesy of Undark / Ryan Moehring / USFWS The Crime-Fighting Power of Dead, Stuffed Animals
Exchanging wildlife specimens with museums and zoos can help law enforcement stop smugglers.
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Feifei Cui-Paoluzzo / Getty The Icelandic Families Tracking Climate Change With Measuring Tape
Volunteers who have been monitoring glaciers for generations are firsthand witnesses to a warming Arctic landscape.
