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Labeling medical test results as ‘normal’ or ‘abnormal’ helps clinicians make quick judgments when diagnosing patients. But this binary approach to interpreting tests can lead to fatal errors.
New genomic tools let scientists dig into the family trees of crops like rice, corn and adzuki beans to learn more about how they transitioned from wild plants to domesticated crops.
Joshua Reynolds’ 1776 ‘Portrait of Omai’ portrays a commoner from Tahiti as a nobleman, reflecting European fantasies and assumptions about Pacific cultures.
For more than a century, scientists have treated Antarctica’s environments as windows into worlds beyond Earth.
Storms big and small can produce a lot of rain. What matters most is how fast they’re moving, as an atmospheric scientist and educator explains.
A scholar of LGBTQ+ politics looks at how Democratic campaigns in Texas and Ohio are shifting on trans issues and what that could mean for control of Congress.
Brazilian voters abroad mirror the deep polarization shaping politics in their home country.
Sweden’s ‘psychological defence’ approach sees an informed public as a key protection against foreign manipulation.
China has pursued a policy of using its panda conservation project as a trade and diplomacy tool.
AI data centres are using vast amounts of energy, but that is expected to grow fast.
Tasks such as writing, dressing and PE can demand far more effort, leaving some children tired, anxious and less active.
The forgotten story of how Britain acquired Europe’s rarest books.