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  1. Physics

    LIGO is on the lookout for these 8 sources of gravitational waves

    Gravitational wave hunters are on a cosmic scavenger hunt. Here’s what they’re hoping to find.

    By Lisa Grossman
  2. Science & Society

    Medical student evaluations appear riddled with racial and gender biases

    Women and minorities are more frequently described by personality in medical student evaluations, but men are described by their skills, a study says.

    By Bethany Brookshire
  3. Ecosystems

    War wrecked an African ecosystem. Ecologists are trying to restore it

    Bringing back big predators to Gorongosa, once a wildlife paradise in Mozambique, is just one piece of the puzzle in undoing the damage there.

    By Jeremy Rehm
  4. Science & Society

    Facebook data show how many people left Puerto Rico after Hurricane Maria

    Conventional surveys can’t track migration after natural disasters in real time.