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Over-the-Counter Birth Control Pills Have Been Approved. Let’s Make Them Inexpensive and Easily Available
Here’s how to make newly approved over-the-counter birth control pills affordable and easy to get
Here’s how to make newly approved over-the-counter birth control pills affordable and easy to get
Recent news of complex embryo models revived debates over stem cells and human cloning. But biology says there’s nothing to worry about
Some fear that artificial intelligence will threaten humanity’s survival. But the existential risk is more philosophical than apocalyptic
My mother taught me to love words. Her dementia taught me to listen more closely
A replicability crisis threatens computational science without shared code, data and methods from studies. A new replication agreement system can mitigate this crisis.
A tight labor market offers financial hope to many low-income workers but only if our government rethinks its hard limits for benefit programs
Along with the Stop WOKE Act and bills banning diversity efforts, the Supreme Court’s “affirmative action” decision is part of a larger effort to pretend racism doesn’t exist...
When looking for life in space, we should broaden our horizons
The Supreme Court’s actions on affirmative action are a setback to justice and equality in the U.S.
Tiny spheres of once-molten metal magnetically dredged from the seafloor could be pieces from IM1, a potential interstellar meteor that struck Earth in 2014
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