The Universe Is Abuzz with Giant Gravitational Waves, and Scientists Just Heard Them (Maybe)

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In this episode of Science Quickly, one of SciAm’s Young American Scientists, biologist Jaye Gardiner, explores how common viral infections may raise cancer risk—not just through genetic mutations but by reshaping the body’s “extracellular matrix” of molecules that support cells ...  Show more

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