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The share of doctors who belong to unions is rising quickly at a time when organized labor is losing ground with other professions. The Conversation U.S. asked Patrick Aguilar, a Washington University in St. Louis pulmonologist and management professor, to explain why the number of physicians joining unions is growing…

Fingerprinting in 3D printing could curb ghost guns, yet raises debates over privacy, regulation, and enforcement on personal printing machines.

Other power players like Sundar Pichai and Melinda French-Gates have their own methods to cope with the pressure: not taking things so seriously.

Convection processes beneath Venus' scorched surface may help explain the planet's many volcanoes, a new study reports.

Public money, private patents: Unravelling India’s opacity over its Covid vaccines

An experimental treatment appears to postpone Alzheimer's symptoms in some people genetically destined to get the disease at a young age

Hate dealing with chatty smart home assistants? You're not alone –and an AI camera small enough to wear on a ring might solve that

Chukwuebuka Ibeh’s first novel, Blessings, about love in a hostile climate, was written after a life-changing encounter with Chimamanda Ngozi Adichie

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