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Researchers uncover how cells control the physical state of embryonic tissues.

Disability rights advocate Judith Heumann, who worked in both the Clinton and Obama administrations, will be in conversation via Zoom.

Before record turnout in Georgia helped Joe Biden beat Donald Trump and the Democrats win the narrowest majority in the Senate, Black women in the state had been working tirelessly to expand voting rights for decades.

The Burbank mother knew her high school senior would have a tough time competing for a freshman seat at a University of California campus in a year of record-shattering applications — more than 200,000 students were vying for about 46,000 spots. Still, she thought her daughter — with a 4.3 GPA, eight AP and honors courses and a host of extracurricular activities — would have a shot.

It’s late afternoon, late pandemic, and I’m watching a new nature documentary in bed, after taking the daintiest of hits from a weed pen. The show is called A Perfect Planet, and it is narrated by Sir David Attenborough.