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Unexplained hepatitis cases in kids offer more questions than answers May 19 2022 6:00 AM There is a lot that is unclear about the hepatitis that's impacting several hundred children worldwide, but parents shouldn't panic. READ MORE   Here's why pipe organs seem to violate a rule of sound May 18 2022 1:00 PM Why reedless wind instruments' fundamental tones are lower than expected is an 160-year-old mystery. Physicists have now solved it. READ MORE   A galactic smashup might explain galaxies without dark matter May 18 2022 11:00 AM Scientists are debating whether a trail of galaxies reveals the origins of two weird dark matter–free galaxies. READ MORE   Sponsored Content Are you innovating in the development of solutions that use iodine? Apply to Genius Challenge, an international open innovation call powered by SQM, the main global producer of iodine, together with Expande.

COVID-19 has killed a million Americans. Our minds can't comprehend that number May 18 2022 7:00 AM We intuitively compare large, approximate quantities but cannot grasp such a big, abstract number as a million U.S. COVID-19 deaths. READ MORE

A Denisovan girl's fossil tooth may have been unearthed in Laos May 17 2022 11:00 AM A molar adds to suspicions that mysterious hominids called Denisovans inhabited Southeast Asia's tropical forests. READ MORE

Pressure to conform to social norms may explain risky COVID-19 decisions May 17 2022 7:00 AM As a science reporter covering COVID-19, I knew I should mask up at Disney World. Instead, I conformed, bared my face and got COVID-19. READ MORE

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