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Testing medical protective gear is the perfect job for robots–but not without the help of humans. 

by Roberto Molar Candanosa

The untold stories of 123 Black people killed by white police officers in one Alabama county

by Ian Thomsen

The research is clear: White people are not more likely than Black people to be killed by police.

by Ian Thomsen

How to make a homemade mask that is as good as an N95

by Roberto Molar Candanosa

How do today’s Black Lives Matter protests compare to the civil rights movement of the 1960s?

by Ian Thomsen

1,000 people in the US die every year in police shootings. Who are they?

by Ian Thomsen

Childhood trauma changes your brain. But it doesn’t have to be permanent.

by Laura Castañón

The secret to better eyesight? Just add oxygen (and millions of years of evolution).

by Laura Castañón
hand reaching to grab axolotl

Meet the axolotl: A cannibalistic salamander that regenerates its limbs and might help us better understand human stem cell therapy

by Emily Arntsen
State and regional law enforcement records likely reflect less than 10 percent of trafficking victims in the area, according to new research by Amy Farrell, a Northeastern University professor who studies human trafficking. Photo by iStock

Human trafficking in the US is a much bigger problem than we think

by Molly Callahan

What people with musical anhedonia might tell us about social interaction

by Aria Bracci

Can collagen help fix injured tendons? These tissue engineers think so.

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