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The unique neural wiring of the human hippocampus may m...

Living tissue from the memory centers of people’s brains reveals sparse nerve ce...

A major new neutrino experiment is nearing completion

The JUNO experiment, which will study the ways of the electrically neutral subat...

NASA’s Parker Solar Probe survived its closest approach...

The solar probe came within 6.1 million kilometers of the surface of the sun and...

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American burying beetles are making a comeback in Nebraska

Thanks to decades of conservation to restore private grasslands, numbers of the ...

The spread of breast cancer may be inherited

A variant of PCSK9, a gene involved in raising cholesterol, may spur metastasis....

Scientists predict an undersea volcano eruption near Or...

Real-time data from Axial Seamount off the Oregon coast is providing researchers...

Short bursts of physical activity cut women’s risk of h...

Even just a few minutes of vigorous movement per day lowers the risk of serious ...

Fiber friction is the key to cozy knits

Friction between loops of yarn give knit fabrics the ability to take on a variet...

Dogs team up with AI to sniff out cancer

Scientists paired Labrador retrievers with an AI model in a new screening test f...

Scientists are building underwater neutrino telescopes ...

The KM3NeT telescopes, currently under construction, will catch high-energy neut...

Eyelashes’ special features help fling water from the eyes

Eyelashes “micro-ratchet” structure and curved shape help wick water away from t...

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Cancer screening and quitting smoking have saved nearly...

Prevention, screening and treatment advances combined stopped 5.94 million death...

Humans have linked emotions to the same body parts for ...

3,000-year-old clay tablets show that some associations between emotion and part...