Accumulated Mutations Create A Cellular Mosaic In Our Bodies It turns out you aren't simply a clone of cells from the womb. Over a lifetime, mutations create a patchwork of tissues made with pieces that have subtly different genetic signatures. Richard Harris
Microplastics Have Invaded The Deep Ocean — And The Food Chain Giant gyres of plastic in the ocean grab headlines, but it's the tiny bits of plastic that scare scientists. And they've made their way everywhere, a new study finds — including in our seafood. Christopher Joyce
Oakland City Council Effectively Decriminalizes Psychedelic Mushrooms That makes it the second U.S. city to do so – last month, Denver voters approved a ballot initiative that decriminalizes the "magic" mushrooms. Merrit Kennedy
What Missouri's Fight Over Abortion Means For An Illinois Clinic Across The River NPR's Ari Shapiro talks with Alison Dreith, the director of Hope Clinic in Granite City, Ill., about how the uncertainty of Missouri's last abortion clinic is affecting her patients and staff.
Early Abortion Bans: Which States Have Passed Them? So far in 2019, nine states have passed laws to outlaw abortion or forbid it past a certain point in pregnancy. None of these laws are in effect, and many are being litigated in the courts. Mara Gordon
VA Secretary Robert Wilkie On Allowing More Veterans To Seek Private Health Care NPR's Ari Shapiro talks to Robert Wilkie, secretary of the Department of Veterans Affairs, about a new program that launches June 6 that would allow more veterans to seek private health care.
House Committee Votes To Continue Research Ban On Genetically Modified Babies A congressional committee has upheld a prohibition against the Food and Drug Administration considering research into gene-edited embryos that could be used to establish pregnancies. Rob Stein
Dry cleaning (and its toxic process) is on its way out King County wants all the dry cleaners in the county to switch to wet cleaning technology by 2025. The problem is a chemical called perc, for short. Eilís O'Neill
Do Extended Magazines Facilitate Mass Shootings? Virginia Beach is the latest mass shooting involving a weapon equipped with a high-capacity ammunition magazine, which some gun safety groups would like to restrict. Martin Kaste
2 Chinese Babies With Edited Genes May Face Higher Risk Of Premature Death Analysis of DNA from more than 400,000 people in the U.K. suggests a genetic modification that protects against HIV may actually increase the overall risk of premature death. Rob Stein
