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A Child From 17th-Century Europe Might Have Rewritten the History of Smallpox

The last natural case of smallpox was recorded in Somalia in 1977. Dennis Kunkel Microscopy [...]

Giant Footprint

Cheryl Carlin Scientists estimate that 80 percent of Earth’s land surface now bears the marks [...]

Why It’s So Hard to Make Risk Decisions in the Pandemic

Many Americans struggle with risk assessment when making decisions during the pandemic. Meilan Solly Over [...]

Could a fire-breathing animal ever exist?

To create a fire-breathing animal, you would need to combine features found in a cow, [...]

Capturing the contours of live cells with novel nanoimaging technique using graphene

Understanding in detail the molecular structure of the cell membrane is important for learning more [...]

‘We’re meeting people where they are’: Graphic novels can help boost diversity in STEM, says MIT’s Ritu Raman

“We’re combating thousands of years of all of us having certain beliefs about who’s capable [...]

How to Cook a Sirloin Roast

Roasts are relatively easy dishes that need minimal seasoning for a tasty dinner. Here’s a [...]

A megalibrary of nanoparticles

A simple, modular chemical approach could produce over 65,000 different types of complex nanorods. Electron [...]