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HEALTH & MEDICINE

Mom’s immune system and microbiome may help predict premature birth

Analyzing patients’ immune systems, microbiomes and more, researchers find signals to pinpoint and halt premature labor.

By Amanda B. Keener12 hours ago

HEALTH & MEDICINE

Vitamin E acetate is a culprit in the deadly vaping outbreak, the CDC says

By Aimee Cunningham2 hours ago

EARTH

Geology, not CO₂, controlled monsoon intensity in Asia’s ancient past

By Carolyn Gramling10 hours ago

PHYSICS

Trapping atoms in a laser beam offers a new way to measure gravity

By Maria TemmingNovember 7, 2019

SPACE

Light leaking from a distant galaxy hints at a cosmic makeover’s origins

By Christopher CrockettNovember 7, 2019

HUMANS

The medieval Catholic Church may have helped spark Western individualism

By Sujata GuptaNovember 7, 2019

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150 years of the periodic table

• The search for new geologic sources of lithium could power a clean future

  Futuristic clean-energy visions of electric vehicles are driving the hunt for lithium.

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