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As Dead Dolphins Wash Ashore, Ukraine Builds a Case of Ecocide Against Russia

The victim was found along a stretch of beach near the port city of Odesa in southern Ukraine early this summer, cause of...

Appeals Court Upholds Abortion Pill Restrictions

A federal appeals court panel said Wednesday that it would impose restrictions on the abortion pill mifepristone that would prevent the drug from...

Surgeons Improve Function of Kidneys Transplanted From Genetically Altered Pigs

Why It Matters: An inadequate supply of donor organs.The research is part of a radical scientific effort to develop an alternative source of...

One Family’s Toxic Train Wreck Ordeal: Illness, Exile and Debt

When Jessica Albright returned with her family to their home in East Palestine, Ohio, last month after four months away, she opened the...

Clue to Pterosaur Origins Found in Fossil of Flightless ‘Rabbit Reptile’

Pterosaurs, the flying reptiles that lived alongside the dinosaurs, are an evolutionary mystery. They appear in the fossil record fully formed, some with...

Superconductor Scientist Faces Investigation as a Paper Is Retracted

Why It Matters: Recurring doubts about blockbuster physics claims.A superconductor is a material that effortlessly carries electrical current. If such a substance works...

Scientists Recreate Pink Floyd Song by Reading Brain Signals of Listeners

Scientists have trained a computer to analyze the brain activity of someone listening to music and, based only on those neuronal patterns, recreate...

Addiction Treatment Eludes More Than Half of Americans in Need

Why It Matters: Opioid addiction affects every part of American society.Addiction cuts across class, race and geography, the KFF researchers found. Rural and...

Reviving the Redwoods

In what was once an old growth redwood forest that was heavily logged in 1968, a National Park Service forester points to an...

Opioid Settlement Money Is Being Spent on Police Cars and Overtime

After years of litigation to hold the pharmaceutical industry accountable for the deadly abuse of prescription painkillers, payments from what could amount to...

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