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  1. Health & Medicine

    Male mosquitoes sometimes suck, too

    Blood isn’t actually toxic to all male mosquitos. In at least one virus-carrying species, it may even help them live longer.

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  2. Health & Medicine

    A new implant tested in animals reverses drug overdoses

    In pigs, the device detected overdoses and administered naloxone. It could also alert emergency services to respond.

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  3. Archaeology

    Silk Road cities reached surprising heights in Central Asia’s mountains

    Drones with lasers revealed hidden urban centers that may have aided trade and travel through mountainous regions during medieval times.

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  4. Health & Medicine

    Once-weekly insulin might mean fewer shots for some with diabetes

    Recent clinical trials of weekly insulin highlight how this formulation may be useful in managing diabetes, but the drug has limitations.

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  5. Health & Medicine

    Doula care may lead to fewer C-sections or preterm births

    A new study comparing the health outcomes of Medicaid patients with and without a doula suggests the extra support during pregnancy may be beneficial.

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  6. Science & Society

    Is U.S. democracy in decline? Here’s what the science says

    Political scientists disagree over how to interpret a slight dip in the health of U.S. democracy.

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  7. Health & Medicine

    50 years ago, chronic pain mystified scientists

    Chronic pain has puzzled scientists for decades, but diagnoses and treatments have come a long way.

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  8. Psychology

    Navigation research often excludes the environment. That’s starting to change

    Participants “navigating” on a lab computer have shaped navigation knowledge. Studies that add in the environment challenge those findings.

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  9. Physics

    Radioactive beams give a real-time view of cancer treatment in mice

    This first successful treatment of tumors with radioactive ion beams could one day lead to treating human patients’ tumors with millimeter precision.

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