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Europe’s silence on Venezuela

Subscribe now with a one-month trial for only $1, then enjoy the first year at an exclusive rate of just $99. The night the Ukraine narrative collapsedDiego Faßnacht argues that Europe remained largely silent after Trump’s Venezuela operation because condemning it would expose

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A room full of flu patients and no one got sick

In a striking real-world experiment, flu patients spent days indoors with healthy volunteers, but the virus never spread. Researchers found that limited coughing and well-mixed indoor air kept virus levels low, even with close contact. Age may have helped too, since middle-aged

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This wild fruit is getting a CRISPR makeover

Scientists have used CRISPR to give the goldenberry a modern makeover, shrinking the plant by about a third and making it easier to farm. Goldenberries are tasty and nutritious but notoriously unruly, with bushy plants that complicate harvesting. By editing a few key genes and

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When the oceans died and life changed forever

A rapid climate collapse during the Late Ordovician Mass Extinction devastated ocean life and reshuffled Earth’s ecosystems. In the aftermath, jawed vertebrates gained an unexpected edge by surviving in isolated marine refuges. Over millions of years, they diversified into many

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