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Engineered yeast that make cancer drugs could spare a rare flower 0
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- August 5, 2026
RESEARCH HIGHLIGHT 04 August 2026 Modified baker’s yeast can produce a precursor for a drug that is usually derived from an endangered plant and its relatives. The endangered plant Sinopodophyllum hexandrum is among the sources of a precursor for two cancer therapies. Credit: Felis Images/Nature Picture Library Every year, millions of people take the drugs
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Nicotine pouches can be marketed as ‘lower risk’ than cigarettes. Is that dangerous?0
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- August 5, 2026
The FDA allowed some Zyn nicotine pouches to be marketed as “lower risk” than cigarettes. Michael M. Santiago/Getty Images hide caption toggle caption Michael M. Santiago/Getty Images It comes in flavors like “Cool Mint,” “Smooth,” and “Chill.” It’s on the Ferrari F1 race car. And it’s addictive. A paperclip-sized pouch filled with bleach-white fibers and
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A New Device Eases One of the Most Annoying Parts of Routine Physicals 0
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- August 5, 2026
When a doctor examines a patient’s throat, they use a process that’s been handed down pretty much unchanged since ancient times. It’s one of the most fundamental components of the physical exam, alongside measuring body temperature and listening to a heartbeat. However, the patterns of findings that appear in the throat differ depending on the
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Tiny patch of Amazon probably holds 40,000 insect species — many new to science 0
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- August 5, 2026
A juvenile female of the mantid species Choeradodis rhomboidea was collected as part of an effort to catalog insects in the Amazon.Credit: Bernardo Ferraz/BioInsecta The Amazon’s lush rainforest harbours a hidden world of tiny creatures, nearly all of them unknown to science. But now hundreds of scientists in Brazil are collaborating on a quest to
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Appalachia’s black lung rates highest in nearly 50 years as miners’ protections stall 0
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- August 5, 2026
Like many miners with advanced black lung disease, Tim Balthis looks healthy, sitting with his wife Fran Balthis on their porch in Pound, Va. But a scan of his lungs shows so much fibrotic tissue a doctor told Balthis he was surprised he was still alive. Roger May for NPR hide caption toggle caption Roger
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Forgotten fossil from 1950s is actually a new species of Ice Age frog 0
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- August 5, 2026
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