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December 9, 2014

When hormones in oral contraceptives are less effective, obese women need a new strategy to prevent unwanted pregnancy

December 5, 2014

High costs are keeping patients from using stem cells harvested from umbilical cords

December 3, 2014

It’s tempting to view natural history dioramas as pure representations of fact — but these displays may be shaped by cultural assumptions and theatrical urges

December 2, 2014

Hubble Space Telescope faces an uncertain future as it approaches its 25th birthday

December 1, 2014

Microbiologist Martin Blaser hopes to restore good microbes to our guts, but will the public take his message too far?

November 26, 2014

Newly completed clinical trials show the vaccine works, but perhaps not well enough

November 25, 2014

Theater experts are connecting audiences with smartphones

November 24, 2014

The Mountain Pine Beetle kills trees and paints them blue from Mexico to Canada

November 21, 2014

Yes — until it’s not. And these experts say that’s the problem

November 20, 2014

Brain lesions observed in military pilots don’t appear to be a major risk, but researchers are studying preventative measures just in case

November 19, 2014

A Harvard neuroscientist looks to evolution to explain altruism

November 17, 2014

Housefly larvae help scrub antibiotics from manure at factory farms

November 14, 2014

A new underwater glue is science’s latest attempt to mimic the natural world

November 13, 2014

Two Remote Villages Devise a Plan for Sustainably Managing Harvests of Yartsa Gunbu

November 12, 2014

Stymied scientists disagree about how to drive home global warming lessons

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