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Prisca Amematsro’s academic journey weaves together biology, mathematics, and a deep curiosity about the brain. In 2025, she was named a Beckman Scholar, one of two University of Utah undergraduates selected for this nationally competitive award from the Arnold and Mabel Beckman Foundation. Amematsro is working in the


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February 2, 2026

Researchers analyzed samples of Utahns’ hair going back a century to document a 100-fold decrease in lead concentrations. Prior to the establishment of the Environmental Protection Agency in 1970, Americans lived in communities awash with lead from industrial sources, paint, water supply pipes and, most significantly, tailpipe emissions. A

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Only recently described by science, the mysterious mushrooms are found in different parts of the world, but they give people the same exact visions.

Every year, doctors at a hospital in the Yunnan Province of C...


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