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  1. Health & Medicine

    Dad’s backyard lessons inspired this hearing scientist to learn

     A. Catalina Vélez-Ortega researches how proteins can protect against hearing loss.

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  2. Humans

    Biological sex is more complex than just male or female

    Trying to define sex with just two options fails to reflect the wide range of natural variation in human genetics, hormones and biology.

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  3. Environment

    More and more, microplastics are collecting in our brains

    Over eight years, the mass of microplastics in human brains increased by some 50 percent. There are growing hints that internal microplastics may harm us.

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  4. Brain

    Brain scans may offer clues to the mental health of trans youth

    A teen researcher identified a possible link between brain development and mental health in young trans people.

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  5. Animals

    Mosquitoes taste you before they decide to bite

    Mosquitoes seem to prefer some flavors over others. Knowing what they like — and hate — could lead to better ways to prevent bites.

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  6. Brain

    Scientists Say: Neuroplasticity

    Neurons in the brain forge new connections and sometimes trim back old ones. This capacity for change allows us to learn new skills and recover from injury.

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  7. Health & Medicine

    This Indigenous herb may improve therapy for muscle disorder

    Treating weakened fruit flies with an herb-drug combo was more effective than the usual drug-only treatment.

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  8. Artificial Intelligence

    AI-designed proteins target toxins in deadly snake venom

    The current way to produce antivenoms is outdated. In lab tests, AI-designed proteins could save mice from a lethal dose of snake toxin.

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  9. Health & Medicine

    2025’s Texas measles outbreak is a lesson in the value of vaccines

    The outbreak shows that a near absence of once-common childhood diseases — like measles — is not evidence that vaccines are unnecessary.

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