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Novel brain research could feed misplaced sci-fi worries for the public New techniques for studying incurable brain diseases use neural organoids, lab-grown nerve tissue derived from stem cells. Others use animal embryos injected with stem cells to cre...

When science outpaces bioethics, public engagement can help Embryos with both human and monkey cells. Mouse brains containing human stem cells. Synthetic embryos so convincing they fool pregnancy tests. These may sound like vignettes from t...

Scientists model ice sheets to better understand the future of global sea level rise Melting ice sheets in Greenland and Antarctica are major sources of rising global sea levels and are likely to become even larger contributors in the coming decades. Despite this, ...

Journalists and researchers share challenge of spotlighting connections between health and racism Researchers and journalists who work to expose the roots of unequal health burdens in the United States share a special burden themselves, science writers learned during a workshop...

Studies on cause of Long COVID on track, says researcher Researchers are competing against time to understand the causes of “Long COVID,” an array of symptoms reported by a number of patients months after a COVID-19 infection. Unders...

Computer scientist studies insect swarms to guide robot design Orit Peleg is no stereotypical computer scientist. She tends honeybee hives and travels in search of fireflies. Her computer models aim to capture the complexity of animals that be...

Many immunocompromised patients responding poorly to COVID vaccination More and stronger vaccines are needed to give immunocompromised patients the ability to fight COVID-19 infections more effectively, says Avindra Nath, clinical director of the US N...

Janus asteroid mission will open a new class of lower-cost space exploration The Janus dual space probe that launches next year on a mission to unravel the evolutionary mysteries of two binary asteroids carries a price tag that’s less than one-tenth t...

Student, professional science writers attend ScienceWriters2021 with CASW support CASW is happy to announce that five journalists have been awarded New Horizons attendance fellowships to support their participation in the ScienceWriters2021 virtual conference. I...

New award to honor science journalist Sharon Begley The Council for the Advancement of Science Writing (CASW) is pleased to announce the launch of a new award honoring the late science journalist Sharon Begley. The Sharon Begley Sci...

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