A blanket requirement for placebo-controlled trials threatens research ethics and vaccine access, it’s being argued.

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We could be saying goodbye to long-planned space missions, new weather satellites, and crucial life-saving treatments.

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A cosmic "bone" at the heart of the Milky Way appears to be fractured. Looking at the break, astronomers found a radio source.

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