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Environmental groups have objected to the recommendation of a “blue tick” sustainability label being awarded to a Norwegian krill fishing giant, amid concerns over concentrated fishing…

In 1970, as an 18-year-old college freshman in Boston, living away from home for the first time, I started to smoke cigarettes. A pack a day…

The decline in healthy life expectancy (HLE) is so momentous it should have ejected the former prince from the front page (Female healthy life expectancy falls…

Above my grandma’s bed hung a framed black‑and-white photograph of my dad. As a small child I quietly admired it; his luminous eyes, dark hair and gentle…

Giving stem cells to unborn babies diagnosed with spina bifida while they have in utero surgery could be “a major milestone” in the treatment of birth…

U.S. President Donald Trump on Thursday announced that he directed the Department of Defense and other federal agencies to “begin the process of identifying and releasing…

Traversal Maria Popova Farrar, Straus & Giroux (2026)A mentor once told me that, when writing a research statement for a professorship, I had to start with…

For thousands of years, Andean people living around what is now the town of Coripata, east of La Paz, Bolivia, have used coca leaves to relieve…

Josh Miele explains the nuances of a tactile map of a Bay Area Rapid Transit station.Credit: Laurie UdeskyWorking scientist profilesThis article is part of an occasional…

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