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  1. Science & Society

    Students’ mental health imperiled by $1 billion cuts to school funding

    The Trump administration is cutting $1 billion in grants that support student mental health. That has educators worried.

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  2. Health & Medicine

    Personalized gene editing saved a baby, but the tech’s future is uncertain

    The personalized CRISPR treatment could be the future of gene therapy, but hurdles remain before everyone has access.

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  3. Anthropology

    Humans used whale bones to make tools 20,000 years ago

    Ancient scavengers of the beached beasts turned their bones into implements that spread across a large area, researchers say.

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  4. Health & Medicine

    Wet fingers always wrinkle in the same way

    Pruney fingertips aren't swollen sponges — the wrinkles actually come from blood vessels constricting and pulling skin inward.

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  5. Health & Medicine

    It’s tricky to transplant a bladder. How surgeons finally did it

    The person who received the bladder is doing well, and the successful transplant could offer hope to thousands of people with bladder dysfunction.

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  6. Health & Medicine

    Don’t wait until menopause to strengthen your bones 

    Screening for osteoporosis is recommended at age 65, but experts say women should be proactive about bone health long before that.

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  7. Health & Medicine

    FDA significantly limits access to COVID-19 vaccines

    The new framework unveiled May 20 says new COVID-19 shots should go only to those ages 65 and up or with underlying medical conditions.

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  8. Health & Medicine

    Biden’s prostate cancer is incurable, but it is treatable

    Experts explain the science behind Biden's advanced prostate cancer diagnosis, including how common it is and what treatments are available.

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  9. Animals

    A ‘talking’ ape’s death signals the end of an era

    Kanzi showed apes have the capacity for language, but in recent years scientists have questioned the ethics of ape experiments.

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