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Health Tiny human heart organoids open the door to safer, faster drug discovery

Scientists have built tiny, beating human heart organoids that can be pushed into an atrial fibrillation state and then brought back toward a normal rhythm with drugs.

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Discoveries Color-coded mosquitoes safely enables male-only releases to combat Dengue and Zika Joshua Shavit

Los Angeles Doctors Stunned as Baby Survives Full-Term Pregnancy Beating 1-in-a Million Odds Rebecca Shavit

Green Impact New smart plastics can be programmed to break down on schedule Rebecca Shavit

Health ADHD news: Researchers discover a gene that shapes how well the brain filters noise Mac Oliveau

Innovations Are you truly multilingual? A new calculator has the answer Melanie Livingstone

Health Why weight matters more than you think for your lower back Joshua Shavit

Green Impact Your eyes and emotions help shape your sense of temperature, study finds Hannah Shavit-Weiner

Health Silent spinal cord cells may hold the key to healing after devastating injuries and brain disease Shy Cohen

Discoveries Why do some sentences stay in your head much longer than others?Rebecca Shavit

Health Experimental drug can sharply reduce amyloid beta’s impact on Alzheimer’s Mac Oliveau

Discoveries How ants gave up armor to build some of the largest societies on Earth Hannah Shavit-Weiner

Green Impact Engineers turn waste cardboard into a low-carbon building material Rebecca Shavit

Health New bioluminescent tool lets scientists watch live neural activity for hours Mac Oliveau

Health Breakthrough new drug lowers blood sugar and burns fat without muscle loss Joshua Shavit

Discoveries Why shiny flowers are rare: bee vision reveals a hidden visual trade-off Rebecca Shavit

Health New ‘glue sniffer’ sensor lets scientists watch brain cells talk in real time Joshua Shavit