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  1. Health & Medicine

    FDA plan to ban fluoride supplements baffles and alarms dental experts

    Fluoride supplements have been used in the United States for decades and have proven to be safe and effective for decreasing cavities.

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  2. Health & Medicine

    An at-home cervical cancer screening device was OK‘d by the FDA

    The Teal Wand, an at-home HPV testing device that could replace a Pap smear, could broaden access to cervical cancer screening.

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  3. Oceans

    Seafloor amber may hold hints of a tsunami 115 million years ago

    Oddly shaped deposits of tree resin point to massive waves that struck northern Japan roughly 115 million years ago and swept a forest into the sea.

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  4. Genetics

    What gene makes orange cats orange? Scientists figured it out

    Researchers found the gene and genetic variation behind orange fur in most domestic cats, solving a decades-long mystery.

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  5. Plants

    Cryopreservation is not sci-fi. It may save plants from extinction

    Not all plants can be stored in a seed bank. Cryopreservation offers an alternative, but critics question whether this form of conservation will work.

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  6. Space

    Perseverance takes the first picture of a visible Martian aurora

    A faint yet visible Martian aurora is the first instance of the phenomenon spotted from another planet's surface.

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  7. Paleontology

    This exquisite Archaeopteryx fossil reveals how flight took off in birds

    Analyses unveiled never-before-seen feathers and bones from the first known bird, strengthening the case that Archaeopteryx could fly.

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  8. Health & Medicine

    HHS says new vaccines should be tested against placebos. They already are

    Placebo testing has been part of the process since the 1940s. It’s unclear what additional measures would achieve — but it may slow development.

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  9. Animals

    Wild chimpanzees give first aid to each other

    A study in Uganda shows how often chimps use medicinal plants and other forms of health care — and what that says about the roots of human medicine.

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  10. Plants

    A leaf’s geometry determines whether it falls far from its tree

    Shape and symmetry help determine where a leaf lands — and if the tree it came from can recoup the leaf’s carbon as it decomposes.

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  11. Health & Medicine

    Humans have shockingly few ways to treat fungal infections

    It's not quite as bad as The Last of Us. But progress has been achingly slow in developing new antifungal vaccines and drugs.

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  12. Animals

    This tool-wielding assassin turns its prey’s defenses into a trap

    This assassin bug's ability to use a tool — bees’ resin — could shed light on how the ability evolved in other animals.

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