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August 14, 2020

How might faster, cheaper tests help with better tracking of infectious COVID-19 patients? Plus, a researcher looking for gendered bias against robots found something else instead: We just don’t trust them at all.

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For These Robots, Sexism Isn’t The Problem

A researcher looking for gendered bias against robots found something else instead: We just don’t trust them at all.

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Why Are Half The Pregnancies In The U.S. Unintended?

60 years after the introduction of the pill, we look at the effect of contraceptives—and how much progress has actually been made.

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Buscando Microbios En El Río Hirviente De Perú

En la Amazonía peruana, la bioquímica Rosa Vásquez Espinoza investiga las propiedades medicinales de los microbios que fluyen en el río sagrado.

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