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How Trauma Can Alter Your Biology
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Your ancestors' experiences might influence how your brain is wired today.
Can DNA technology Help Rebuild a Family Tree?
3:28
A Black family uses DNA technology to unlock secrets of the past.
Why Mosquitos Are Humanity’s Deadliest Creature
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About 80% of deaths caused by Malaria annually are young children, below the age of five.
How Malaria Shaped America
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Today, Malaria is considered a tropical disease, but it wasn’t always that way.
How 5G Is Transforming China
4:28
A tech war between China and the West is starting to heat up.
How Computer Algorithms Make Predictions
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Can we rely on them to be fair?
Chasing Carbon Zero Sneak Peek
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A new film from NOVA examines technologies that could get us to carbon zero by 2050.
There’s Something Living in Wildfire Smoke
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Wildfire smoke can carry harmful microorganisms long distances.
How Sewage Becomes Drinking Water
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How do you make wastewater drinkable? It starts at the sewage treatment plant.
How the West Is Making It Rain, With Science
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A method of boosting snow and rainfall may help ease drought conditions in the western US.
Humans May Have Lived in North America Earlier Than Thought
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Scattered seeds help reveal when ancient humans first left footprints in North America.
Why Distant Galaxies Look Red
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The farther away a galaxy is, the redder it appears to our telescopes.
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