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Yuri Cortez / AFP / Getty This Tiny Fish Can Withstand Almost Anything
In Virginia’s Elizabeth River, the unremarkable-looking mummichog has survived decades of industrial pollution—but the price it has paid has worrying implications for human health.
Gabriel Alcala Where Will the Next Big Flood Hit?
An army of volunteers is helping forecasters predict disasters before they strike.
Kevin Lamarque / Reuters A Hidden Promise in the Language Cells Use to Communicate
Information and viruses spread through the body in surprisingly similar ways.
Olena Shmahalo / Quanta Magazine Are Australians Redomesticating the Dingo?
A friendly group of the wild desert dogs could help tease apart domestication’s mysterious first steps.
Reuters The Elusive Link Between Obesity and Autism
Obesity in people with autism appears to be different than in the general population. But why?
Andrea Mongia / Spectrum Females' Eggs May Actively Select Certain Sperm
New evidence challenges the oldest law of genetics.
Allison Filice / Quanta Magazine Building Codes for Bacterial Cities
Understanding the forces that shape infection-causing bacterial fortresses could reveal their subtle weaknesses.
Jeff Sheridan / Quanta Magazine The Uncertain Future of Genetic Testing
Bringing genetics into medicine leads to more accuracy, better diagnosis, and personalized treatment—but for some, gene testing has only resulted in unanswered questions.
Catherine Losing / Mosaic The Families That Launch Their Own Autism Studies
Historically, science has scorned single-subject trials, but parents’ at-home experiments with their kids may drive autism research forward.
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