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When a Manhattan parking garage collapsed in April 2023, rescuers were reluctant to stay in the damaged building, fearing further danger. So they used a combination of flying drones and a doglike...
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As an environmentalist who totes kids around town, I would love to buy an electric car. But here in South Carolina, the cheapest electric vehicles (EVs) are at least three times as expensive as my...
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Every time you sit down with your phone in your back pocket, you’re reminded of a fundamental truth: Human bodies are soft and flexible. Electronics aren’t.
But soon there may be devices that can...
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The way the United States typically finances hospitals isn’t working. The coronavirus laid this bare, along with many other long-standing...
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Back when she was in college, Alaina G. Levine used to envy fellow students who seemed to have their entire lives mapped out. A physics and...
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From the earliest days of their evolution, guts and brains have been the best of friends.
It’s a mutually beneficial relationship. Guts...
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If the cascading upheavals of the past year have done nothing else, they’ve spurred widespread calls for reform and renewal in just about...
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In 2020, the annual committee meeting of the journal we edit was a bit of a mess. It took place in March, just days before the World Health...
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I am sitting in a darkened room, listening to upbeat music of the type often used at tech conferences to make attendees feel they are part of...
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Working from home—formally known as telework—is here to stay. A 2021 survey of approximately 30,000 Americans concluded that, after the...