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Maggie Chen

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Maggie Chen is a scientist and science journalist who enjoys watching heart cells beat under a microscope or writing about health, biotech, and history.

The Chaos of NIH Cuts Has Left Early-Career Scientists Scrambling

Mar 24, 2025 6:44 AM

Unruly Gut Fungi Can Make Your Covid Worse

Apr 19, 2024 7:00 AM

This Prosthetic Limb Actually Attaches to the Wearer’s Nerves

Aug 1, 2023 7:00 AM

Gentle Brain Stimulation Can Improve Memory During Sleep

Jun 14, 2023 2:41 PM

The Quest for a Switch to Turn on Hunger

Jun 6, 2023 7:00 AM

The Long Covid Mystery Has a New Suspect

May 5, 2023 10:07 AM

Covid Can Boost Your Response to Flu Vaccines—if You’re a Man

Feb 10, 2023 7:00 AM

Why Do You Get Sick in the Winter? Blame Your Nose

Jan 2, 2023 7:00 AM

This Low-Cost Test for Hearing Loss Lives on a Smartphone

Dec 6, 2022 8:00 AM

The Spooky Science of How Undead Spores Reanimate

Oct 31, 2022 7:00 AM

To Understand Brain Disorders, Consider the Astrocyte

Sep 19, 2022 8:00 AM

Randall Munroe Is Back to Answer Your Impossible Questions

Sep 13, 2022 8:00 AM

What If Cells Kept Receipts of Their Gene Expression?

Aug 12, 2022 8:00 AM

The Fall of Roe Makes Complex Pregnancies Even Riskier

Aug 5, 2022 7:00 AM

This Stamp-Sized Ultrasound Patch Can Image Internal Organs

Jul 28, 2022 2:00 PM

These Vaccines Will Take Aim at Covid—and Its Entire SARS Lineage

Jul 26, 2022 8:00 AM

What Humans Can Learn From the Sea Cucumber’s Toxic Arsenal

Jul 13, 2022 7:00 AM

The Secrets of Covid ‘Brain Fog’ Are Starting to Lift

Jul 1, 2022 7:00 AM

What Polar Bear Genomes May Reveal About Life in a Low-Ice Arctic

Jun 24, 2022 7:00 AM

How the Sugars In Spit Tame the Body’s Unruly Fungi

Jun 17, 2022 7:00 AM

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