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Korin Reid sabía sobre la resistencia a los antibióticos desde que era pequeña. Desde los siete años, recuerda haber leído
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By Ashley Gearhardt, University of Michigan Every year millions of Americans try to cut down on ultra-processed foods – industrial
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Bacteria can gain resistance via infection from a virus (transduction), picking it up from the environment (transformation) or direct transfer
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Read moreDecades of Hype Turned Protein Into a Superfood – and Spawned a Multibillion-Dollar Industry
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Art Markman, The University of Texas at Austin College of Liberal Arts Culturally, this is an era in which people
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By Nancy S. Jecker, University of Washington Should countries that can afford COVID-19 booster vaccines offer them to residents if
Read moreFacebook Has Known for a Year and a Half That Instagram Is Bad for Teens Despite Claiming Otherwise – Here Are the Harms Researchers Have Been Documenting for Years
By Christia Spears Brown, University of Kentucky Facebook officials had internal research in March 2020 showing that Instagram – the
Read moreWhat Happens When Your Foot Falls Asleep?
By Zachary Gillen, Mississippi State University Curious Kids is a series for children of all ages. If you have a
Read moreWomen Face Motherhood Penalty in STEM Careers Long Before They Actually Become Mothers
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Read moreNew gene therapies may soon treat dozens of rare diseases, but million-dollar price tags will put them out of reach for many
By Kevin Doxzen, Arizona State University Zolgensma – which treats spinal muscular atrophy, a rare genetic disease that damages nerve
Read moreFemale Scientists Set Back by the Pandemic May Never Make up Lost Time
By Kristina Lerman, University of Southern California During the COVID-19 quarantines, scientists, like most professionals, took their work home. Women
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Read moreDelta Variant Makes It Even More Important to Get a COVID-19 Vaccine, Even if You’ve Already Had the Coronavirus
By Jennifer T. Grier, University of South Carolina As someone who studies immune responses to respiratory infections, I’ve watched news
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