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While HOAs often go after people for grass that's too tall, this Redditor got a fine for not having any grass at all.

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In this week’s edition of The Prototype, we look at the Lasker Awards for biomedical research, how gene editing could cure diabetes and more.

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America's leadership "isn't some fixed, unchanging feature of the scientific landscape," says one UC historian.

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Eighth grade students' science test scores have fallen to the level they were in 2009, the first year the national test was ...