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Opinion

From the Dalkon Shield to Britney Spears’ IUD: Why Diverse Teams Need to Be Involved in Contraceptive Design

NSF CAREER Awards

5 Projects That Push the Limits of Physics, Fabrication Techniques, Algorithm Design

Environmental Health

As Temperatures Set Records, Heat Exposure Hits Some Neighborhoods Harder than Others

Religion

How Do Children Develop Religious Beliefs?

Neuroscience

How Sleep Is Impacted by Brain Circuitry and Aging

Culture of Science

Sexism and Racism in Science: How the Coronavirus Pandemic Exposed Everything

Sustainable Tech

Could Technology Inspired by Beetles and Underground Fungi Solve the Water Scarcity Problem in Morocco’s Rural Villages?

CORONAVIRUS VACCINES

Study Reveals Recipe for Even More Powerful COVID-19 Vaccines

Breast Cancer

Does Using Hair Relaxers Cause Higher Breast Cancer Risk for Black Women?

Alzheimer’s Disease

FDA Approves First Alzheimer’s Treatment in 18 Years. Now What?

Language Rehabilitation

Scientists Can Predict How Well a Stroke Survivor Will Recover Language Skills Using Computer Simulations of the Brain

POV

How Getting COVID-19 Made Me a Better Public Health Researcher

Cutting Carbon

How the US Can Cut Carbon Emissions in Half by 2030, with or without Congress

Health & Wellness

Massachusetts Ranked No. 1 Healthiest State on National Community Well-Being Index

Sustainable Technology

As Office Work Returns, This Smart HVAC System Could Save Energy, Money, and Even Lives

Microbiomes

“Synthetic Ecology” Seeks to Boost Health by Engineering the Environment

COVID On Campus

Boston University Weekly COVID-19 Report: May 6 to 12

Soft Robotics

These Soft Robotic Grippers Were Inspired by an Ancient Japanese Art Form

Performance Arts

How Puppeteers Use Performance to Communicate Research

Soil Microbiome

Why Scientists Want to Solve an Underground Mystery about Where Microbes Live