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Increased activity of the enzyme β-esterase helps mosquitoes detoxify a common insecticide, potentially informing better vector control strategies.

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Google Plans to Release Millions of Sterile Mosquitoes. Entomologists Debug This Pest-Control Strategy

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An SPF Testing Scandal Sheds Light on Sunscreen and its Flawed Ratings

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Why Do Some People Tan While Others Burn?

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Tanning Beds and Natural Sunlight Affect Melanocytes Differently

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Margarita Burns: When Lime and the Sun Don’t Blend Smoothly

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Heat Waves Could Speed Up Aging

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The Alpha-Gal Syndrome Story: How Researchers Traced a Red-Meat Allergy to Ticks

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What Makes a Tick Stick?

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Why Do Mosquitoes Bite Certain People?

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Universe 25 Experiment

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Flawed Studies Linked Menopausal Hormone Therapy to Breast Cancer

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The Origin of Anesthesia: Feuding Scientists, War, and Dart Poison

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Publisher Investigates an Alleged Peer Review Extortion Attempt

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Advancing Respiratory Immunity Through Tissue-Resident Memory T Cell Research

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Mapping Tissues with Spatial Biology

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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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