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Why U.S. Supreme Court rejected deportation provision

The US Supreme Court struck down a key deportation provision of the Immigration and Nationality Act. Here's why that's so important.

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money Washington University in St. Louis

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music ETH Zurich, Rice University

DNA to store Massive Attack album for near eternity

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Vanderbilt University Activating these ‘keyhole’ receptors stops hunger

Stanford University ‘Sea Monkeys’ show how tiny critters churn ocean

Stanford University Why U.S. Supreme Court rejected deportation provision

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Stanford University This program would ease the pain of doing your taxes

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Stanford University How does China steal U.S. intellectual property?

Stony Brook University Colony of 1.5 million penguins ‘hid’ from scientists

Penn State Why some fish leave their embryos in a really hot spot

Cornell University Reindeer’s blood donation saves his brother’s life

ETH Zurich DNA to store Massive Attack album for near eternity

University of Chicago Listen: What it’s like to discover a ‘missing link’ fish

Washington University in St. Louis ALS shares genetic links with rare dementia

joints University of Rochester Weight might not be why obesity damages knees

medications Washington University in St. Louis

Drug dials down intense opioid-related itching

hunger Vanderbilt University

Activating these ‘keyhole’ receptors stops hunger

oceans Stanford University

‘Sea Monkeys’ show how tiny critters churn ocean

democracy University of Rochester, Yale University

Survey finds reasons to worry about U.S. democracy

"One of the greatest threats to democracy is the idea that it is unassailable."

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personality University of Michigan Know-it-alls are more ignorant than they’ll admit

relationships

money University of Arizona

Even in young love, money matters for your well-being

birth control

Taboo talk in Mali marriages overlaps with healthy choices

"If we can change spousal communication for the better, we might be able to improve a lot of the health-seeking behaviors in Mali."

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bones Stanford University

Mystery solved: 6-inch skeleton isn’t an alien after all

lungs

How COPD pathogen thrives in hostile surroundings

Each month for 15 years, researchers took samples from 192 patients with COPD. What they learned could offer ways to shut down the pathogen that does the most harm.

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diabetes Michigan State University

This eye fat could fight vision loss in diabetes

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Cell discovery could personalize treatment for glaucoma

The discovery of unknown cell types in the human eye could one day help treat glaucoma—and injuries like those suffered by soldiers in combat.

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nicotine Johns Hopkins University

Diabetes drug may also tackle nicotine withdrawal

overdose

Who should get naloxone training first? Heavy opioid users

Limited supplies of the anti-overdose drug naloxone should be in the hands of the people who witness the most overdoses, new research suggests.

early Earth University of Rochester What if we’re not Earth’s first big civilization?

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hunger Vanderbilt University