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Common Weed Killer Linked to Bee Deaths
The world’s most widely used weed killer, Roundup, causes honey bees to lose some of their beneficial bacteria and are more susceptible to infection and...
Magnetic Waves Create Chaos in Star-Forming Clouds
The new research sheds light on the processes that are responsible for setting the properties of stars, which in turn affects the formation of planets.
Can We Build Machines that are Less Biased Than We Are?
Think about some of the most important decisions people make – who to hire for a job, which kind of treatment to give a cancer...
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Simple Test Detects Disease-Carrying Mosquitoes, Presence of Biopesticide
A new diagnostic tool can quickly and cheaply identify whether a mosquito belongs to the species that carries dangerous diseases such as Zika virus, dengue...
Making Cancer’s Metabolism More Normal Blocks Drug Resistance
A new combination of existing drugs reduces the size of cancerous tumors much more effectively than current treatments.
