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Science
How do blood tests work? Medical laboratory scientists explain the pathway from blood draw to diagnosis and treatment
Medical laboratory testing is the heartbeat of medicine. It provides critical data...
Seismologists can’t predict an impending earthquake, but longer term forecasts and brief warnings after one starts are possible
Almost like aftershocks, questions about earthquake prediction tend to follow disasters...
How science and innovation can strengthen global food systems
Food systems, from production to consumption, are complex in nature and require...
The world’s first environmental clean-up happened 400 million years ago
One of the biggest environmental challenges today is to treat land that is contaminated...
‘Blue marble’: how half a century of climate change has altered the face of the Earth
In December 1972, Nasa’s final Apollo mission (Apollo 17) took the iconic “Blue...
Loopholes wide enough to ‘drive a diesel truck through’ – how to tell if a business is really net zero
The science is clear: greenhouse gas (GHG) emissions must peak before 2025 to prevent...
Jetlag hits differently depending on your travel direction. Here are 6 tips to get over it
After a few difficult years of lockdowns and travel restrictions, people are finally...
Cancer evolution is mathematical – how random processes and epigenetics can explain why tumor cells shape-shift, metastasize and resist treatments
Cancer is often seen as a disease that arises from genetic mutations causing cells...
How could we detect atom-sized primordial black holes?
One of the most intriguing predictions of Einstein’s general theory of relativity...
Chinese researchers are currently the most cited researchers in the world: Why does it worry the United States?
Although many other countries had overlooked its advances, the quality of the research...
China now publishes more high-quality science than any other nation – should the US be worried?
In 2022, Chinese researchers published more scientific papers on artificial intelligence...
Cells routinely self-cannibalize to take out their trash, aiding in survival and disease prevention
Don’t let the textbook diagram of a simplified two-dimensional cell fool you – within...
How do you make a universal flu vaccine? A microbiologist explains the challenges, and how mRNA could offer a promising solution
To everything there is a season, and for the flu, it’s wintertime. Flu cases peak...
The future of flight in a net-zero-carbon world: 9 scenarios, lots of sustainable biofuel
Several major airlines have pledged to reach net-zero carbon emissions by midcentury...
Atmospheric rivers are hitting the Arctic more often, and increasingly melting its sea ice
Atmospheric rivers, those long, powerful streams of moisture in the sky, are becoming...
Our moon has been slowly drifting away from the Earth over the past 2.5 billion years
Looking up at the moon in the night sky, you would never imagine that it is slowly...