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We summarize the week's scientific breakthroughs every Thursday.

  1. Health & Medicine

    Air pollution is shaving a year off our average life expectancy

    The first country-by-country look at how dirty air affects when we die shows it can have more impact on mortality than breast or lung cancer.

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  2. Science & Society

    Closing the gender gap in some science fields may take over 100 years

    In some STEM fields, the gender gap won’t disappear for decades or even centuries, a new study suggests.

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