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Diagram of the causes of mortality in the army in the east.

Diagrammatic War, 1858

A vial labeled “RSV vaccine” on a reflective surface next to a syringe.

After Decades of Delays, RSV Vaccines Show Promise in Early Data 

Person in a black, beaked robe (left) and man in a black tunic (right), flanking a red coat of arms

Masking Up, 1619 to Present

Surgery tools from World War 1

An excerpt from The Facemaker

A black and white photo of a woman holding up a spider in a pair of tweezers

The Spider Lady, Circa 1939

A black and white photo of a man standing at a lab bench, holding up a glass jar

Reimagining Ecology, 1939

A lithograph of a woman sitting up in bed while a nurse attends to her.

Death by Nostalgia, 1688

Formed of various flowers, this personification cartoon of a female botanist, painted by George Spratt, was pasted into Allen’s copy of The English Flora.

La Botaniste, 1810–1865

In one of the only known photos of Abraham Lincoln taken on the day of the Gettysburg Address, Lincoln can be seen seated, hatless, just below and to the right of the flag. Lincoln began developing symptoms of smallpox on the train home to Washington, DC.

Presidential Pox, 1863

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How the Gut Differentiates Artificial Sweeteners from Sugars

A person on an operation table getting anesthesia. A study revealed sex differences in ketamine anesthesia.

Female Brains Wake Up from Anesthesia Differently Than Male Brains

Image of an enzyme targeting advanced glycation end-products on collagen and elastin.

Lawnmower-like Enzyme Rewinds Decades of Molecular Aging in Human Tissue

Photo of John Calhoun crouches within his rodent utopia-turned-dystopia

Universe 25 Experiment

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Epic Fail: Sea-Monkeys Sabotage Fieldwork

When Barry Hicks set out to photograph thrombolites, thousands of unexpected visitors photobombed his underwater images.

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Advancing Respiratory Immunity Through Tissue-Resident Memory T Cell Research

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What Dictates PCR Success Before Amplification Begins?

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Overcoming Immunotherapy Resistance in Liver Cancer

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Resipher: Continuous Live-Cell Mitochondrial Respiration Monitoring in 96-Well Plates

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