As the Trump administration weighs the fate of nearly 800,000 undocumented immigrants protected under the Deferred Action for Child Arrivals program, a new study reveals the program’s effects on their children.
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Study Shows Kids Of DACA Parents Have Better Mental Health Outcomes
The recent solar eclipse plunged a swath of the U.S. into two minutes of gloom, but it’s nothing compared to the years-long night that almost wiped out life on Earth 66 million years ago.
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Years-Long Darkness Doomed Survivors Of Dinosaur-Killing Asteroid
More than 450 million years ago, the entire genetic instruction book of spiders’ and scorpions’ common ancestor doubled, according to a genomic comparison of the common house spider and the Arizona bark scorpion.
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Rare Whole Genome Duplication Gave Rise To Arizona Bark Scorpion
As Monday’s solar eclipse draws near, many Phoenicians worry they won’t be able to find viewing glasses — or that they’ll get unsafe knockoffs instead. But Phoenix libraries are offering a fun and educational way for kids to get theirs.
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Phoenix Libraries Offer Programs, Eclipse-Viewing Glasses For Kids
Tobacco might have finally found the image upgrade it’s been looking for, as scientists hope to use the plant to produce a safe and cheap Zika vaccine.
If successful in humans, the plant-based approach could provide an effective solution for countries affected by the disease.
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Scientists Use Tobacco Plant As Cheap, Scalable Zika Vaccine Factory