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Venezuelan opposition leader Maria Corina Machado gestures during a protest in Caracas on Jan. 9, 2025. Juan Barreto/AFP via Getty Images

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María Corina Machado’s peace prize follows Nobel tradition of awarding recipients...

Staff Writer - October 12, 2025

David Smilde, Tulane University Few can doubt the courage María Corina Machado has shown in fighting for a return...

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About 20% of patients report experiencing a fever during pregnancy. John Fedele/Tetra images via Getty Images Plus

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As an OB-GYN, I see firsthand how misleading statements on acetaminophen...

Staff Writer - October 3, 2025

Tami S. Rowen, University of California, San Francisco When President Donald Trump adamantly proclaimed in a press conference on...

A roadside assistance vehicle is swamped by floodwaters on a Houston highway in 2024. Brandon Bell/Getty Images

Flood-prone Houston faces hard choices for handling too much water

October 1, 2025

The Rapa Nui people are mostly invisible in the origin story of rapamycin. Posnov/Moment via Getty Images

A billion-dollar drug was found in Easter Island soil – what...

September 29, 2025

Do the seemingly endless doorways represent a woman trapped in domesticity or infinite ways out? Philadelphia Museum of Art

How Dorothea Tanning’s ‘Birthday’ painting challenged male-dominated surrealism

September 29, 2025

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Calling in the animal drug detectives − helping veterinarians help beluga whales,...

September 27, 2025