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  1. Health & Medicine

    50 years ago, a flu pandemic spurred vaccine research

    A half-century after the Hong Kong flu pandemic, scientists are getting closer to a universal vaccine.

    By Cassie Martin
  2. Health & Medicine

    Kidney stones grow and dissolve much like geological crystals

    Kidney stones are dynamic entities that grow and dissolve, a new study finds, which contradicts the prevailing medical assumption.

    By Aimee Cunningham
  3. Health & Medicine

    Drug overdose deaths in America are rising exponentially

    Tracking rising numbers of deaths from a variety of drugs over the past 38 years shows that it isn’t just an opioid problem.

    By Aimee Cunningham
  4. Paleontology

    Cholesterol traces suggest these mysterious fossils were animals, not fungi

    Traces of cholesterol still clinging to a group of enigmatic Ediacaran fossils suggests the weird critters were animals, not fungi or lichen.