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 Potatoes as we know them today are the product of a hybridization that took place 9 million years ago between two plants, one of which was an ancestor of the tomato. ​Read More  Science Latest ​Science, Family Tree 

 By proving how individual molecules create the complex motion of fluids, three mathematicians have illuminated why time can’t flow in reverse. ​Read More  Science Latest ​Science, Science / Physics and Math, Collision of Ideas 

 Scientists hope their plumage project could someday lead to biocompatible lasers that could safely be embedded in the human body. ​Read More  Science Latest ​Science, Science / Biotech, Pewcock 

 With clean energy more cost-competitive than it once was, the White House’s oil-first strategy is faltering. ​Read More  Science Latest ​Science, Science / Environment, Not A Drill 

 Evidence is growing that some HIV-infected infants, if given antiretroviral drugs early in life, are able to suppress their viral loads to undetectable levels and then come off the medicine. ​Read More  Science Latest ​Science, Science / Health, Public Health 

 Your gadgets run on direct current, but the electricity in your home is alternating current. What’s up with that? ​Read More  Science Latest ​Science, Science / Physics and Math, Dot Physics 

 As federal vaccine policy shifts under US health secretary Robert F. Kennedy Jr., lawmakers are looking to give state-level public health officials authority to ignore federal recommendations. ​Read More  Science Latest ​Science, Science / Health, Vaccines For All 

 The WHO believes one in five children in Gaza are acutely malnourished, with the health effects potentially lasting for generations. ​Read More  Science Latest ​Science, Science / Health, Extreme Hunger 

 The disease has claimed the lives of 12 people in the country this year, with the virus continuing to spread rapidly. ​Read More  Science Latest ​Science, Science / Health, Public Health