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Wildfire Smoke May Carry Deadly Fungi Long Distances Oct 18, 2022

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Pathogens in soil are a danger to firefighters, but smoke may transport spores that cause valley fever and other infections into cities too.

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It’s Time to Treat Housing Insecurity as a Health Risk Oct 17, 2022

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A new study shows that cancer patients in precarious living situations are twice as likely to die from their illness, underscoring the harms of unstable housing.

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The FCC's Rules on Space Junk Just Got Stricter Oct 14, 2022

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A new and contentious five-year limit for getting rid of dead satellites could slow the growing orbital litter problem—if people actually abide by it.

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A Bold Effort to Cure HIV—Using Crispr Oct 13, 2022

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An experiment tests whether the gene-editing technology can stop the virus from replicating, which would ultimately wipe out the infection.

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Scientists Have Discovered a New Set of Blood Groups Oct 12, 2022

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The ‘Er’ grouping could help doctors identify and treat some rare cases of blood incompatibility, including between pregnant mothers and fetuses.

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A Huge New Data Set Pushes the Limits of Neuroscience Oct 11, 2022

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The Allen Institute’s release includes recordings from a whopping 300,000 mouse neurons. Now the challenge is figuring out what to do with all that data.

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The Problem With Mental Health Bots Oct 10, 2022

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With human therapists in short supply, AI chatbots are trying to plug the gap—but it’s not clear how well they work.

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Sofia, the Historic Airplane-Borne Telescope, Lands for the Last Time Oct 07, 2022

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Astronomers mourn the end of an infrared observatory that flew aboard a jumbo jet. It was expensive, but it saw what Earth-based telescopes can’t.

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The Era of Fast, Cheap Genome Sequencing Is Here Oct 06, 2022

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Illumina just announced a machine that can crack genomes twice as fast as its current version—and drive the cost down to $200 a pop.

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Climate Change Is Burying Archaeological Sites Under Tons of Sand Oct 05, 2022

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Desertification can wear down ancient ruins or hide them under dunes—leaving researchers scrambling to keep track of where they’re buried.

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