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She Found a Link Between Air Pollution and Infertility

Shruthi Mahalingaiah, a Harvard researcher, investigated the fertility risks women face from air pollution. But her grant was canceled.

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Bats Catch Migratory Birds and Eat Them in Midair

For the first time, scientists documented direct evidence of a bat preying on a bird at high altitude.

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Why the Green Cheese Turned White

The cheesemakers didn’t mind that their prized product was changing color, but they were curious about the cause.

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She Studied How Foresting Affects Pollinators

Kim Ballare was a research ecologist with the U.S. Forest Service until her federal grant “got snatched away.”

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Toronto’s Subway Deer Enigma Unmasked With DNA Analysis

It took nearly 50 years to work out the identity of a caribou-like fossil first discovered by construction workers.

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Nobel Prize in Chemistry Awarded to Architects of Metal-Organic Frameworks

The prize was awarded to Susumu Kitagawa, Richard Robson and Omar Yaghi for the development of a new type of molecular architecture.

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John B. Gurdon, 92, Dies; Nobelist Paved Way for Cloning of Animals

His work in the manipulation of cells laid the foundation for stem cell biology and regenerative medicine and led to the first cloned large mammal, a sheep named Dolly.

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Winning a Nobel Prize Interrupted His Off-the-Grid Vacation

Fred Ramsdell found out about his Nobel Prize nearly 12 hours after it was announced because he was on vacation in the Rockies.

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He Was Expected to Get Alzheimer’s 25 Years Ago. Why Hasn’t He?

Scientists are searching for the secret in Doug Whitney’s biology that has protected him from dementia, hoping it could lead to ways to treat or prevent Alzheimer’s for many other people.

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Trump Signs Order to Approve Ambler Access Road for Mining in Alaska

The executive order also made the federal government a 10 percent shareholder in the mining company Trilogy Metals.

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