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Gender Surgeries Nearly Tripled From 2016 Through 2019, Study Finds

The number of procedures rose to roughly 13,000 in 2019 from about 4,550 in 2016 as access broadened, researchers estimated.

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Nuclear War Could End the World, but What if It’s All in Our Heads?

Some experts want to apply recent neuroscience research to the decision making that could lead to doomsday.

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University Departures Put Student Journalists in Spotlight

The president of Stanford and the head football coach at Northwestern left their positions after being scrutinized in campus newspapers.

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We Know Where New Weight Loss Drugs Came From, but Not Why They Work

Every so often a drug comes along that has the potential to change the world. Medical specialists say the latest…

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Superconductor Scientist Faces Investigation as a Paper Is Retracted

The Latest A prominent physics journal on Tuesday retracted a materials science paper that has garnered scrutiny. One of its…

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Addiction Treatment Eludes More Than Half of Americans in Need

About 30 percent of Americans have been addicted to opioids or have a relative who has been, researchers also reported.

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Does Information Affect Our Beliefs?

New studies on social media’s influence tell a complicated story.

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Enslaved African Americans in Maryland Linked to 42,000 Living Relatives

The analysis marks the first time historical DNA has been used to trace the descendants and distant cousins of enslaved…

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The Story of the Student Journalist and the Stanford President

There are many rabbit holes on the internet not worth going down. But a comment on an online science forum…

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The Cosmos Is Thrumming With Gravitational Waves, Astronomers Find

Radio telescopes around the world picked up a telltale hum reverberating across the cosmos, most likely from supermassive black holes…

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