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A rare burst of billions of cicadas will rewire our ecosystems for years to come

The arrival of Brood XIX and Brood XIII will send shockwaves through forest food webs.

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Everyone was fighting with everyone — until Kendrick Lamar proved to be the ultimate challenger.

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America’s prison system is turning into a de facto nursing home

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The one huge obstacle standing in the way of progress on gene-editing medicine

The genetic data that underpins CRISPR has a big diversity problem.

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