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Firefly Tourism Sparks Calls for Sustainable Practices

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A Multipurpose Gene Facilitates the Evolution of an Animal Weapon

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An AI-Powered Scientist Proposes a Treatment for Blindness

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Maternal Iron Deficiency Can Trigger Sex Reversal in Mouse Embryos

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Taking Control of Cellular Contamination with PCR Testing

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Rare Disease Research Gets a Boost from Automated NGS Solutions

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Nergal Networks: Where Friendship Meets Infection

A citizen science game explores how social choices and networks can influence how an illness moves through a population.

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