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CLIMATEWIRE | The White House recognized more than two dozen scientists and innovators Friday with what will likely be the Biden administration's last National Medals of Science and National ...

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Challenge trials help researchers study immune responses. Skeptics still doubt the approach is worth the risks ...

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RFK, Jr., Could Run the Agency That Oversees CDC, FDA and NIH. Here’s What That Means for Public Health RFK, Jr., could restructure the CDC, FDA and NIH in pursuit of his flawed vision of public ...

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In recent years a number of clever coin-weighing or ball-weighing problems have aroused widespread interest. Here is a new and charmingly simple variation. You have 10 stacks of coins, each ...

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This machine, mounted . on wheels, was described some time ago in the SCIENTIFIC AMERICAN. During the past sumimer it was fitted with Fabre floats, and has made many successful flights from the ...