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Covid-19 Special Issue
How Money Accelerated the mRNA Vaccine Timeline
Sep 10, 2021
How Money Accelerated the mRNA Vaccine Timeline
Sep 10, 2021

What happens when you throw money at a problem? Find out how “Operation Warp Speed” fast-tracked the rapid development of the COVID-19 mRNA vaccines in Grace Harold’s new piece.

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Sep 10, 2021
Miguel Angél — Special Needs in the time of coronavirus
Sep 2, 2020
Miguel Angél — Special Needs in the time of coronavirus
Sep 2, 2020

Graduate student Andrés Villegas remembers how much light his brother brought to the world in this piece originally published on Medium.

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Sep 2, 2020
Moving Past COVID-19 - Or Not
Aug 26, 2020
Moving Past COVID-19 - Or Not
Aug 26, 2020

Paige Helmer had doubts that the pandemic would hit NYC, but then her husband woke with a fever.

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Aug 26, 2020
Escaping Stagnation in a Pandemic
Aug 19, 2020
Escaping Stagnation in a Pandemic
Aug 19, 2020

Writer Daniel Roybal shares his story of breaking free from the fear, boredom, and exhaustion of Coronavirus

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Aug 19, 2020
The USA's Ticking Time-bomb
Jul 12, 2020
The USA's Ticking Time-bomb
Jul 12, 2020

We need to prepare for Covid-19’s mental and physical aftermath.

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Jul 12, 2020
Cool-ish
'Zombie genes' stay on after death
Jul 5, 2016
'Zombie genes' stay on after death
Jul 5, 2016

After death, it turns out that on the cellular level, lifelike processes are still happening.

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Jul 5, 2016
Recycling plastics into fuel hits two birds with one stone
Jun 30, 2016
Recycling plastics into fuel hits two birds with one stone
Jun 30, 2016

Recycling plastics into fuel hits two birds with one stone:  check it out at http://www.sciencemag.org/news/2016/06/catalysts-could-turn-trash-bags-fuel

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Jun 30, 2016
Parasites love climate change
Jun 20, 2016
Parasites love climate change
Jun 20, 2016
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Jun 20, 2016
An ancient technology to solve a modern problem?
May 26, 2016
An ancient technology to solve a modern problem?
May 26, 2016
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May 26, 2016
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Jun 22, 2015
Fuzzballs!
Jun 22, 2015
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Jun 22, 2015
This mystery photo haunting reddit appears to be image recognition gone very weird
Jun 20, 2015
This mystery photo haunting reddit appears to be image recognition gone very weird
Jun 20, 2015
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Jun 20, 2015
The PHD Movie 2 - Still in Grad School Trailer
Apr 6, 2015
The PHD Movie 2 - Still in Grad School Trailer
Apr 6, 2015
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Apr 6, 2015
NY State Assemblyman attempts to ban most vaccines
Mar 13, 2015
NY State Assemblyman attempts to ban most vaccines
Mar 13, 2015
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Mar 13, 2015
Surprise! All that road salt is contaminating our streams
Feb 17, 2015
Surprise! All that road salt is contaminating our streams
Feb 17, 2015
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Feb 17, 2015
Feb 6, 2015
The Physics of Beer Tapping
Feb 6, 2015
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Feb 6, 2015
Lying down for 70 days...for science
Feb 5, 2015
Lying down for 70 days...for science
Feb 5, 2015
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Feb 5, 2015
Seeing forest biodiversity...with lasers
Jan 26, 2015
Seeing forest biodiversity...with lasers
Jan 26, 2015
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Jan 26, 2015
Music festival runoff contaminated with drugs
Jan 20, 2015
Music festival runoff contaminated with drugs
Jan 20, 2015
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Jan 20, 2015
SpaceX's almost landing on a floating barge (video)
Jan 16, 2015
SpaceX's almost landing on a floating barge (video)
Jan 16, 2015
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Jan 16, 2015
Not on display. A peek into the AMNH archives.
Jan 11, 2015
Not on display. A peek into the AMNH archives.
Jan 11, 2015
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Jan 11, 2015
Will graphene ever be useful?
Dec 18, 2014
Will graphene ever be useful?
Dec 18, 2014
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Dec 18, 2014
How an Electric Eel's Shock Works
Dec 15, 2014
How an Electric Eel's Shock Works
Dec 15, 2014
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Dec 15, 2014
SpaceX to Land a Rocket on a Floating Platform
Dec 10, 2014
SpaceX to Land a Rocket on a Floating Platform
Dec 10, 2014

Normally when a spacecraft is launched, its rockets are jettisoned, fall to the Earth with parachutes, and are recovered. They then undergo extensive maintenance in order to be reused. Elon Musk's SpaceX wants to change that. 

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Dec 10, 2014
The Best Reason to Fund Basic Science
Dec 15, 2014
The Best Reason to Fund Basic Science
Dec 15, 2014
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Dec 15, 2014
This is Where We All Live
Dec 5, 2014
This is Where We All Live
Dec 5, 2014
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Dec 5, 2014
James Watson's Nobel Sells for $4.76x10^6
Dec 4, 2014
James Watson's Nobel Sells for $4.76x10^6
Dec 4, 2014
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Dec 4, 2014
UPDATED: Watch Live as the Orion Spacecraft Gets Launched (and then hurtled back at Earth)
Dec 3, 2014
UPDATED: Watch Live as the Orion Spacecraft Gets Launched (and then hurtled back at Earth)
Dec 3, 2014
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Dec 3, 2014
Nature Makes All Publications Free to View, but Only With ReadCube
Dec 1, 2014
Nature Makes All Publications Free to View, but Only With ReadCube
Dec 1, 2014
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Dec 1, 2014
Orbital Systems
Nov 29, 2014
Orbital Systems
Nov 29, 2014
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Nov 29, 2014
Your First Day in Space
Nov 27, 2014
Your First Day in Space
Nov 27, 2014
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Nov 27, 2014
Manuscript Accepted! Title: "Get me off Your F*cking Mailing List"
Nov 20, 2014
Manuscript Accepted! Title: "Get me off Your F*cking Mailing List"
Nov 20, 2014
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Nov 20, 2014
The Bots Next Door
Nov 19, 2014
The Bots Next Door
Nov 19, 2014
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Nov 19, 2014
The Antares Rocket was Remote Detonated
Oct 31, 2014
The Antares Rocket was Remote Detonated
Oct 31, 2014
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Oct 31, 2014
The Lab: a YouTube Comedy Series
Oct 14, 2014
The Lab: a YouTube Comedy Series
Oct 14, 2014
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Oct 14, 2014
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Oct 11, 2014
Suspicious Carry-on Item: Nobel Prize
Oct 11, 2014
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Oct 11, 2014

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