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  1. Health & Medicine

    Will animal-to-human organ transplants overcome their complicated history?

    The elusive goal of using animal organs for transplants could be within reach, but it’s too soon to tell.

    By Laura Beil
  2. Science & Society

    Here are the Top 10 science anniversaries of 2022

    Insulin to treat diabetes, the slide rule and the birthdays of Gregor Mendel and Louis Pasteur make the list.

    By Tom Siegfried
  3. Health & Medicine

    50 years ago, researchers thought Americans outgrew marijuana

    In the 1970s, it was thought that adults over age 25 may “outgrow” marijuana. Fifty years later, older adults are in on the action.

    By Aimee Cunningham
  4. Tech

    Materials of the last century shaped modern life, but at a price

    From our homes and cities to our electronics and clothing, the stuff of daily life is dramatically different from decades ago.