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Animals self-medicate with plants − behavior people have observed and emulated for millennia

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Preparing for a pandemic that never came ended up setting off another − how an accidental virus release triggered 1977’s ‘Russian flu’

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US health care is rife with high costs and deep inequities, and that’s no accident – a public health historian explains how the system was shaped to serve profit and politicians

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AmeriCorps is on the chopping block – despite research showing that the national service agency is making a difference in local communities

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Animals self-medicate with plants − behavior people have observed and emulated for millennia

Preparing for a pandemic that never came ended up setting off another − how an accidental virus release triggered 1977’s ‘Russian flu’

Mission trips are an evangelical rite of passage for US teens

What happens if someone dies in space?

Coral reefs face an uncertain recovery from the 4th global mass bleaching event

Reproducibility may be the key idea students need to balance trust in evidence with healthy skepticism

Ocean currents can generate electricity – and our study shows Africa’s seas have some of the strongest

The UK is gearing up for autonomous warfare – but missing the reality of war today

What the UK’s ‘Nato-first’ defence approach tells us about Britain’s place in a volatile world

Zia Yusuf turned Reform into an election winner – his angry resignation leaves Nigel Farage weakened

Was the Boulder attack terrorism or a hate crime? 2 experts unpack the complexities

Debates over presidential power to suspend habeas corpus resurface in Trump administration

US health care is rife with high costs and deep inequities, and that’s no accident – a public health historian explains how the system was shaped to serve profit and politicians

‘The Eternal Queen of Asian Pop’ sings one last encore from beyond the grave

Beyond de-extinction and dire wolves, gene editing can help today’s endangered species

Golden Dome dangers: An arms control expert explains how Trump’s missile defense threatens to make the US less safe

Early visions of Mars: Meet the 19th-century astronomer who used science fiction to imagine the red planet

4 creative ways to engage children in STEM over the summer: Tips to foster curiosity and problem

AmeriCorps is on the chopping block – despite research showing that the national service agency is making a difference in local communities

Why Kissinger would have been a Fortnite champ − and other foreign policy lessons from the gaming world

Six TV moments that changed British LGBTQ+ history – and what we can learn from them

US state passes law allowing experimental drugs to be prescribed

Why the Musk and Trump relationship is breaking down

Esa at 50: how the space agency helped keep Europe at the frontiers of science

Four years after a 15% global minimum tax deal, the world remains divided on how to implement it

From hotspot to flashpoint: how tourism pushed Barcelona to breaking point, and how social movements are fighting back

African countries are bad at issuing bonds, so debt costs more than it should: what needs to change

New rules for cosmetic injectables aim to make the industry safer. Will they work?

‘Godfather of AI’ now fears it’s unsafe. He has a plan to rein it in

The kimono is more than an artefact and more than clothing. It is a concept artists will make their own