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  1. Science & Society

    Curbing pedestrian stops might not reduce police-civilian encounters

    In Chicago, traffic stops soared as pedestrian stops fell. Single policy changes therefore don’t tell the whole policing story, researchers say.

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  2. Animals

    The right bacterial mix could help frogs take the heat

    Wood frog tadpoles that receive a transplant of green frog bacteria can swim in warm waters, revealing another role for microbiomes: heat tolerance.

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  3. Health & Medicine

    How a deadly fungus is so good at sticking to skin and other surfaces

    One of Candida auris’ scary superpowers is its stick-to-itiveness. Unlike other fungi, the pathogen uses electrical charges to glom onto things.