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Accessed on 25 February 2019, 0255 UTC.
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Proximity to land determines how coral reef communities respond to climate change events
Why a blow to the chest can kill or save you
Doctor-affiliated PACs fund political candidates who oppose firearm safety policies
Pioneering study could offer protection to patients with rare genetic disease
Half-a-billion-year-old weird wonder worm finally gets its place in the tree of life
How diabetes causes muscle loss
A peek at living room decor suggests how decorations vary around the world
NEWS BY SUBJECT
MEDICINE & HEALTH
Sperm quality unaffected by one course of chemotherapy for early testicular cancer
Eating small amounts of peanut after immunotherapy may extend allergy treatment benefits
BIOLOGY
Antarctic flies protect fragile eggs with ‘antifreeze’
Extinct weasel relative with confounding skull likely ate meat with a side of veggies
TECH & ENGINEERING
Illinois researchers are first to count growth factors in single cells
Captured carbon dioxide converts into oxalic acid to process rare earth elements
SOCIAL & BEHAVIOR
Study: With Twitter, race of the messenger matters
Are the French lousy at languages? Not if there’s noise!
CHEMISTRY & PHYSICS
New dynamic dependency framework may lead to better neural social and tech systems models
Researchers engineer a tougher fiber
ARCHAEOLOGY
The ancient people in the high-latitude Arctic had well-developed trade
Foxes were domesticated by humans in the Bronze Age
SPACE & PLANETARY
Binary neutron star merger produced a compact jet of material detectible From Earth
Hubble helps uncover origin of Neptune’s smallest moon Hippocamp
AGRICULTURE
Setting the stage for cassava disease monitoring: A baseline for Vietnam and Cambodia
Planting small seeds simply: The allure of the slide hammer seeder
EARTH SCIENCE
Did volcanoes kill the dinosaurs? New evidence points to ‘maybe.’
CCNY’s Nir Krakauer in monsoon research breakthrough
ATMOSPHERIC SCIENCE
Scientists reveal impacts of anthropogenic nitrogen discharge on nitrogen transport in global rivers
More water resources over the Sahel region of Africa in the 21st century under global warming
MATHEMATICS
Epidemiological model lends insight to chlamydia outbreak in Japan
Can we trust scientific discoveries made using machine learning?
EDUCATION
Study: Teacher retention bonuses lead to positive results
Student likeability might be link between academic success and risk of depression
BUSINESS & ECONOMICS
Incentives to downsize would ease the housing crisis
CEOs make money from negative information released prior to stock option grants
POLICY & ETHICS
Doctor-affiliated PACs fund political candidates who oppose firearm safety policies
New in the Hastings Center Report, January-February 2019
SCIENCE BUSINESS NEWS
Endocrine Society objects to Title X gag rule that limits women’s access to contraception
Navy files for patent on room-temperature superconductor
GRANTS
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Russ Roberts