RNA Might Have Formed Naturally on Early Earth, Seeding Life
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Rocky Planets May Make Life’s Precursor, RNA, All across the Universe
New experiments show how RNA might form not just on Earth but on other rocky planets, too
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Getting a COVID Vaccine while Pregnant Slashes Risk of Premature Birth, Major New Study Finds
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Getting the COVID Vaccine Can Slash Risk of Premature Birth by About a Third in Pregnant People, Study Finds
Pregnant people who receive a COVID vaccine are 60 percent less likely to experience severe disease and around 30 percent less likely to give birth...
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Four Million U.S. Children Had No Health Insurance in 2024. Some Will Die of Cancer
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Millions of Kids in the U.S. Are Losing Insurance, and Some Will Get Sicker and Die from Cancer
A recent analysis showed the rate of uninsured children in the U.S. grew from 2022 to 2024. Experts say this could lead to more pediatric cancer de...
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These Hummingbirds Joust Like Medieval Knights—Even to the Death
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Watch These Hummingbirds Joust Like Medieval Knights
The sharp, elongated bills of green hermit hummingbirds aren’t just fine-tuned for feeding; they also allow males to joust like knights over mates
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A Hobbit Mystery Is Solved, 2025 Nears a Climate Record, and Refusal of Vitamin K for Newborns
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Heat Records, Mpox Mutations, Baby Health Risks and Hobbits
This week’s science roundup covers 2025’s near-record heat, a new mpox strain and fresh clues about why hobbits vanished 50,000 years ago.
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Trump Officials Keep Comparing the U.S.’s Vaccine Schedule to Denmark’s. They’re Missing the Point
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When It Comes to Vaccination Strategy, the U.S. Is Not Denmark
The U.S.’s and Denmark’s health systems are starkly different, so it makes sense that their vaccination schedules would differ, too
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