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Noteworthy findings and developments that don't fit neatly into one field — physics, ecology, climate science, astronomy, and other discoveries worth knowing about.

Dr. S. Eliza Lockwood is an emergency medicine physician and medical toxicologist with a long-standing interest in global health, humanitarian aid, and tropical medicine.  
Geek that I am, one day I was idly looking at the chart of the nuclides, a “periodic table” of atomic isotopes, when I noticed that a lighter form of uranium, U-233, is just as capable of undergoing nuclear fission as U-235, the isotope norm
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November is National Diabetes Awareness Month, highlighting a disease that affects over 38 million Americans; November 14 is World Diabetes Day.
Let’s begin with updating Snow White.   “Mirror, mirror on the wall. Am I the fairest in the land?”  
It is impossible to look at the news today without encountering stories about concerns with artificial intelligence (AI).
“Peptides” have become a hot topic in the wellness industry and on social media.
“Clinical diagnosis is an iterative process in which physicians gather information from patient histories, physical examinations, and diagnostic tests to identify a medical condition.
November's traditional birthstone is topaz. When you think of topaz, you probably think of blue. But topaz doesn't usually come out of the ground looking like the brilliant blue stones you see in jewelry stores.
When I first discovered the American Council on Science and Health (ACSH) more than a decade ago, I was thrilled.