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Transcript TEXT CARD: 2020Dartmouth College, N.H. Vassiki Chauhan: In September 2015, I arrived from the Boston Airport on the Dartmouth Coach that loops around the green. On supporting science journalism If you’re enjoying this article, consider supporting our award-winning journalism…

When I was 17 I was nearly killed when a fight broke out after a high school football game and someone fired a gun. A stray bullet struck my throat, tearing through my trachea and damaging my carotid artery. This…

Here are the questions. The answers can be found at the bottom of this page, but don’t scroll down until you’ve given them a good go.   1. Uncle Johannes has outdone himself this year, serving up an eight-course Christmas feast…

December 19, 2024 4 min read Trump’s Pick for NIH Director Could Harm Science and People’s Health With a possible bird flu outbreak looming, Donald Trump’s choice of Jay Bhattacharya, a scientist critical of COVID policies, for the NIH is…

Colour, smell, taste and chemical constituents can all be used to distinguish whiskies Jane Barlow/PA Images/Alamy Artificial intelligence can tell Scotch whisky from American whiskey and identify its strongest constituent aromas more reliably than human experts – by using data…

CLIMATEWIRE | President Joe Biden announced Thursday that he will strengthen the United States’ climate target by aiming to cut planet-warming pollution 61-66 percent by 2035, in a move that his successor is certain to disregard. The new goal marks…

“Lloyd,” he tells me. “His name is Lloyd.” Naturally. Why would a green Lego Ninjago be called anything else? The plastic figurine has shot to top spot on my son Sam’s Christmas list. Anyone who knows a young child will…

December 18, 2024 2 min read U.S. Has First Case of Severe Bird Flu, CDC Confirms in H5N1 Update Louisiana reported a person hospitalized with a severe case of H5N1, and the USDA has begun bulk milk testing By Tanya…

A Guam kingfisher chick Thomas Manglona KUAM Amid a torrent of gloomy news about the decline of nature, there have been a handful of inspiring success stories from the world of wildlife this year, including positive developments for frogs, tigers…

A few years ago, a patient of mine—let’s call her Pandora—purchased four DNA testing kits as holiday gifts for herself and her siblings. She had seen the TV ads promising that a few ounces of spit would uncover otherwise unattainable…