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This Cheap Test Diagnoses Zika in Hours

Barbara Moran
Science & Medicine
Researchers built and tested a new Zika diagnostic test in about six weeks. The simple and inexpensive test uses RNA sensors embedded in discs of paper that turn from yellow to purple in the presence of the...

Skittle Test: When Do Kids Around the World Say “No Fair”?

Barbara Moran
Science & Medicine
This article was originally published in Futurity.  People in the US cherish their ideals of fairness. And American children can be especially strident—some might say loud—advocates for equality....

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