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To Be a Good Pregnancy Surrogate, It Helps to Be a Dominatrix First

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To Be a Good Pregnancy Surrogate, It Helps to Be a Dominatrix First

Emi Nietfeld

This Homemade Drone Software Finds People When Search and Rescue Teams Can’t

Eye in the Sky

This Homemade Drone Software Finds People When Search and Rescue Teams Can’t

Tristan Kennedy

‘Groups’ Underpin Modern Math. Here’s How They Work

‘Groups’ Underpin Modern Math. Here’s How They Work

Leila Sloman

Alcohol Plays a Major Role in New Cancer Cases

Sobering Truths

Alcohol Plays a Major Role in New Cancer Cases

Justin Stebbing

What You Need to Know Before You Freeze Your Eggs

Ice, Ice Baby

What You Need to Know Before You Freeze Your Eggs

Marina Gerner

Taiwan Makes the Majority of the World’s Computer Chips. Now It’s Running Out of Electricity

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Taiwan Makes the Majority of the World’s Computer Chips. Now It’s Running Out of Electricity

Isabel Hilton

The US Is Loading Up on Bird Flu Vaccine

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The US Is Loading Up on Bird Flu Vaccine

Emily Mullin

So You Can 3D Print a Steak Now—but Why on Earth Would You?

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So You Can 3D Print a Steak Now—but Why on Earth Would You?

Matt Reynolds

Wastewater Offers an Early Alarm System for Another Deadly Virus

Track and Trace

Wastewater Offers an Early Alarm System for Another Deadly Virus

Chris Stokel-Walker

Making an RSV Vaccine Was Hard. Getting People to Take It Is Even Harder

Public Health

Making an RSV Vaccine Was Hard. Getting People to Take It Is Even Harder

Annika Hom

The Secret Alchemy of Making Ice Cream

Inside Scoop

The Secret Alchemy of Making Ice Cream

Alex Christian

Inside the Anti-Vax Facebook Group Pushing a Bogus Cure for Autism

Disinformation

Inside the Anti-Vax Facebook Group Pushing a Bogus Cure for Autism

David Gilbert

Bird Flu Fears Stoke the Race for an mRNA Flu Vaccine

Moving the Needle

Bird Flu Fears Stoke the Race for an mRNA Flu Vaccine

Chris Baraniuk

As Wildfires Rage, California’s Insurance Market Is in Crisis

Too Hot to Handle

As Wildfires Rage, California’s Insurance Market Is in Crisis

Jack Carroll

These New Biomaterials Can Help Decarbonize Fashion and Construction

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These New Biomaterials Can Help Decarbonize Fashion and Construction

Delle Chan

Hurricane Helene Shows How Broken the US Insurance System Is

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Hurricane Helene Shows How Broken the US Insurance System Is

Molly Taft

Formula E’s Race to Get the Whole World Electrified

Energy Tech Summit

Formula E’s Race to Get the Whole World Electrified

Rob Reddick

Eight Scientists, a Billion Dollars, and the Moonshot Agency Trying to Make Britain Great Again

Back to the Future

Eight Scientists, a Billion Dollars, and the Moonshot Agency Trying to Make Britain Great Again

Matt Reynolds

23andMe Is Sinking Fast. Can the Company Survive?

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23andMe Is Sinking Fast. Can the Company Survive?

Emily Mullin

The UK Has No Coal-Fired Power Plants for the First Time in 142 Years

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The UK Has No Coal-Fired Power Plants for the First Time in 142 Years

John Timmer, Ars Technica