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Animal testing

Animal testing has been a cornerstone of biomedical research, but the use of sentient beings as test subjects raises an ethical dilemma.

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How to Cookie With Science

This video features Science News magazine's Bethany Brookshire baking the perfect chocolate chip cookie using the scientific method.

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Literature of science and technology

An expansive, worldwide, published body of scientific and technical writing exists to serve the informational needs of scientists, engineers, researchers, and the general public.

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Artist's impression of the orangeish-brown exoplanet GJ 1132b in black space with a blueish white horizon and red incisions.
Oxygen-rich exoplanets may be geologically active

Oxygen is more than just a building block of life. The element could also help scientists sneak a peek into the innards of planets orbiting faraway stars.

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