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Downtown Wilmington, N.C., after Hurricane Florence made landfall in 2018. Storms like Florence, with both heavy rain and very high tides, are projected to get more common as the Earth gets hotter.

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  • Climate

A new study predicts a huge increase in catastrophic hurricanes for the northeastern U.S.

When hurricanes cause both extreme high tides and heavy rains, devastating floods ensue. Such storms will get much more frequent by the end of the century, according to a new study.

February 03, 2022
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By:
  • Rebecca Hersher
Employees of Nomi Health check in a long line of people seeking COVID-19 tests Tuesday in North Miami, Fla. The omicron variant has unleashed a fresh round of fear and uncertainty for travelers, shoppers and partygoers across the U.S.

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  • Health

Omicron will cause more infections but lower hospital rates, analysis shows

University of Washington research predicts the omicron wave will infect more than 400,000 people a day in the U.S. when it crests in about six weeks.

December 22, 2021
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By:
  • Rob Stein

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  • Global Health

Scientists Say The Rush To Do COVID Research Led To A Whole Lot Of Waste

That's the perspective in new papers in Lancet Global Health that assess the nearly a quarter of a million studies on treatments for COVID-19.

April 23, 2021
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By:
  • Joanne Silberner
Recruiting patients for medical studies has been challenging during the pandemic, especially older people who are more vulnerable to COVID-19.

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  • Health

A Big Alzheimer's Drug Study Is Proceeding Cautiously Despite The Pandemic

Researchers launched a major study of an experimental Alzheimer's drug this summer. They also learned a lot about how to protect participants who must make frequent visits to a medical center.

October 20, 2020
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  • Jon Hamilton

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OST Full Show: Abandoned Atlanta Photography, Homeless Youth Trafficking, Dacre Stoker's 'Dracul'

Halloween week might be a time for imaging run-down, decrepit buildings, but they don’t scare photographer Jeff Hagerman. Having ventured inside these...

October 30, 2019
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  • Virginia Prescott ,
  • Amy Kiley ,
  • and 6 more
India Jackson received $8,510 from a GoFundMe campaign to help her attend a NASA internship in Houston, Texas.

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  • Science

This Atlanta Single Mom Will Intern For NASA With Help From Strangers

The 2016 film Hidden Figures highlights black female mathematicians who battled racial and gender discrimination to help the National Aeronautics and...

June 12, 2019
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  • La'Raven Taylor and
  • Virginia Prescott
A pair of chimpanzees sit in an enclosure at the Chimp Eden rehabilitation center, near Nelspruit, South Africa.

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  • Animals

Primatologist Frans De Waal Explores What Humans Can Learn From Animal Emotions

Atlanta-based author and primatologist Frans de Waal has observed animal behavior for 40 years. He's since challenged prevailing scientific notions of...

April 11, 2019
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By:
  • Virginia Prescott ,
  • Elena Rivera ,
  • and 1 more
Pre-exposure prophylaxis (or PrEP) is the most effective prevention for HIV transmission.

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  • News

How Realistic Is Trump's Proposal To End HIV By 2030? Emory University Researcher Answers

Data from the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention show Georgia has the highest rate of new Human Immunodeficiency Viruses (HIV) infections...

March 11, 2019
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By:
  • La'Raven Taylor and
  • Virginia Prescott

Medical Minute: Engineering T-Cells To Target Liver Cancer

In this week’s Medical Minute, Dr. Joseph Hobbs, chairman of the Department of Family Medicine at the Medical College of Georgia at Augusta University,...

July 02, 2018
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  • Drew Dawson

On Second Thought For Wednesday, May 2, 2018

Last month, investigators in Atlanta recovered about 500 pounds of methamphetamine hidden inside Disney figurines. That's worth about $2 million. Drug...

May 02, 2018
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  • Sean Powers ,
  • La'Raven Taylor ,
  • and 6 more
Jamily Aly Pons (right), a university student from Puerto Rico, does research in Georgia Tech's Economic Development Lab, for which Monica Novoa (left) is program manager.

In Wake Of Hurricane Maria, Georgia Tech Bolsters Puerto Rico's Entrepreneurs

It’s been seven months since Hurricane Maria devastated Puerto Rico. Blackouts continue. Utility crews on the island are still in emergency restoration...

April 27, 2018
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By:
  • Adam Ragusea and
  • Emily Bunker
A self-described "STEMinist" at the 2017 March for Science in Atlanta, Georgia.

Rally For Science Organizers: 'Politics Can't Avoid Science'

In the year since President Trump took office, a new wave of social movements has rippled across the country. March for Science Atlanta brings together...

April 11, 2018
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By:
  • Maura Currie and
  • Adam Ragusea
Ig Nobel Founder Marc Abrahams holds up an Ig Nobel Prize trophy.

Weird Science Wins Ig Nobel Prizes

This year's Nobel Prize winners were announced the first week of October. In September, slightly less prestigious awards honored the funny side of...

October 11, 2017
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By:
  • Emily Cureton and
  • Celeste Headlee

Can Cell Penetration Get Us Closer To A Cancer Cure?

A group of faculty and student researchers at Kennesaw State University have recently discovered a new method for delivering vital proteins into human...

March 29, 2016
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By:
  • Celeste Headlee and
  • Taylor Gantt

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