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Public agencies do not have to agree with outside researchers. But they should be willing to engage with science, especially when it is supported by documented field data gathered over many years.

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One day at an Idaho hospital, half the newborns Dr. Tom Patterson saw didn’t get the vitamin K shots that have been given to babies for decades to prevent potentially deadly bleeding. On another ...

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STAT interviews with 30 respondents brought the unmistakably human impacts of federal science policy into sharp focus. Here are three of those stories.

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The Archimedes screw, an ancient Greek invention for lifting water. Learn about its origins, how it works, and its modern applications.