To deter bioterrorism, U.S. imposes new rules on ordering synthetic DNA

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Free Palestine

“Medium Roast, Cream, No Plastic”: New Coffee Cup Coating Protects Against Microplastics

California Counties Targeted Get-Out-the-Vote Ads to Users Interested in “Gangsta Rap”

Why Politicians Love Stimulus Checks

The Five Stages of AI Grief

Teachers’ Unions Should Back the Scholarship Tax Credit

The Childlike Innocence of the American Protester

U. Colorado Regent-vs.-Regents Lawsuit, Cannabis, Race, and Legislative Immunity

This Photo of the ISS Next to Jupiter Was Two Years in the Making

Federal Judge Rules Houston Violated First Amendment Rights of Food Not Bombs Activists

The Founding Father of Neuroscience on Solitude, the Search for Truth, and the Ideal Environment for Breakthroughs

The Generosity of Selfishness: C.S. Lewis on How to Be Interesting

Lawsuit Against New York AG Letitia James over Letter Alleging Group's Event Was Connected to "White Nationalist Ideals" …

Are brain-scanning hard hats a safety dream—or a privacy nightmare?

Post-Midterms, the Left Will Seek Revenge

How a Symbol of Democratic Ineptitude Won the Midterms

Jon Ossoff, Once the Senate's Most Vulnerable Democrat, Won Reelection by Running Against Trump's Corruption

In Front of Their Noses

Midterms Massacre, Woke 2.0, Fan Fiction