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Why We’re a Lot Better at Fighting Cancer Than We Realized

Using data-mining techniques, doctors have discovered dozens of anti-tumor drugs hiding in plain sight.

July 27, 2020

Males Are the Taller Sex. Estrogen, Not Fights for Mates, May Be Why.

To explain why men are on average taller than women, scientists theorized about competition for mates. But the effects of estrogen on bone growth may be answer enough.

June 10, 2020

Young and Healthy and Waiting to Get Cancer

The hardest part of living with the BRCA1 gene.

May 27, 2020

The Health Clinic Crisis on Main Street

Community health centers, a lifeline for Americans, are in critical condition.

May 20, 2020

Sugary Camouflage on Coronavirus Offers Vaccine Clues

In the fight against viruses and other pathogens, scientists are looking beyond genes and proteins to the complex sugars, or glycans, on cell surfaces.

Summer Won’t Save Us from COVID-19

Why SARS-CoV-2 will threaten us for months to come.

April 9, 2020