Microbes that live in fishes’ slimy mucus coating could lead chemists to new antibiotic drugs
233 Views March 31, 2019 Be first to comment Sandra Loesgen
Drug discovery can get an assist from what nature's already devised. Annie Spratt/Unsplash, CC…
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March 2019
Last of the giants: What killed off Madagascar’s megafauna a thousand years ago?
178 Views March 29, 2019 Be first to comment Nick Scroxton
A modern mouse lemur *Microcebus* sits upon the cranium of an extinct *Megaladapis* lemur.…
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Medicaid work requirements: Is there a path forward that could help the poor, not harm them?
208 Views March 29, 2019 Be first to comment Simon F. Haeder
Arkansas Gov. Asa Hutchinson at a press conference in Little Rock, talking about new…
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What happens to rural and small-town Trump voters after Trump is gone?
147 Views March 29, 2019 Be first to comment J. Edwin Benton
How will Trump's rural and small-town voters affect American politics after he's gone? AP/David…
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Data reveals the value of an assist in basketball
170 Views March 29, 2019 Be first to comment Konstantinos Pelechrinis
A player drives to the basket. As the defense collapses, he passes the ball…
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Are astronauts worth tens of billions of dollars in extra costs to go to Mars?
211 Views March 29, 2019 Be first to comment Steve Swanson
What makes more sense: Sending a human or a robot to Mars? Juergen Faelchle/Shutterstock.com…
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Want to fix gerrymandering? Then the Supreme Court needs to listen to mathematicians
176 Views March 29, 2019 Be first to comment Manil Suri
Activists at the Supreme Court opposed to partisan gerrymandering hold up representations of congressional…
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For a flooded Midwest, climate forecasts offer little comfort
160 Views March 29, 2019 Be first to comment Shuang-Ye Wu
Historic flooding in the Midwest, including this farm in Nebraska, has caused widespread damage.…
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For devastating Midwest floods, climate forecasts offer little comfort
165 Views March 29, 2019 Be first to comment Shuang-Ye Wu
Historic flooding in the Midwest, including this farm in Nebraska, has caused widespread damage.…
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Why pay transparency alone won’t eliminate the persistent wage gap between men and women
157 Views March 29, 2019 Be first to comment Nancy Modesitt
The gender pay gap has proved difficult to close. Ian johnston/shutterstock.com No matter how…