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Christina Smolke uses yeast to create cheaper, more sustainable methods of producing plant-based drugs.
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Urbanologists are turning to the natural world to solve city problems.
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Bioenhancing will help us run faster, understand more and beat disease. But it might also rock civilization to its core.
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This device might help make chemotherapy more efficient and less problematic ... from home.
View ArticleA Syrian Medical Student on Learning to Heal Amid War
Ongoing war has crippled Syria's health-care system. But new medical students continue to train, with an eye toward building a brighter future.
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Call this MacArthur genius a historical Dr. House.
View ArticleThe Scientist Who Studies Our Raunchy Neanderthal Ancestors
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The great botanist was overcome by anxiety - so much so that he nearly got beat to claiming evolution's discovery.
View ArticleMeet the Leading Expert on Trans Athletes
Joanna Harper transitioned in 2004 and now advises the Olympics' gender policy.
View ArticleCan Scott Pruitt Change the Climate of the EPA?
Can Donald Trump's pick to run the EPA rewrite the rules on environmental protection?
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