Five things to know about NSFâs new rules on merit review
Fewer outsiders, less feedback, and an uncertain fate for a new science board report...
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Fewer outsiders, less feedback, and an uncertain fate for a new science board report...
A magical encounter in northern Finland blends ancient folklore, swirling auroras and an unexpectedly curious fox....
I made a web game inspired by Geoguessr and Wordle, where you get shown a 3D model of a random human protein each day, and you have to triangulate its gene name using similarity clues. My background i...
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Getty Images; Tyler Le/BI Five years ago, Tim Cannon, a cancer doctor in Virginia, saw that his colon cancer patients were getting younger and their cancer was more aggressive. He had just diagnosed t...
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