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The controversial pioneer of free software resigned from MIT over his remarks on Jeffrey Epstein and Marvin Minsky. Stallman won’t be the last.

For nearly a decade, researchers have puzzled over what the Denisovans looked like. Now, we have our best model yet of the species' skeleton.

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An increasing body of evidence has emerged that quantum processes play an important role in a number of biological mechanisms.

Geologists have reconstructed a quarter-of-a-billion-year-long history of a vanished landmass now submerged largely below southern Europe.

Modern humans and more ancient hominins interbred many times throughout Eurasia and Africa, and the genetic flow went both ways.

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Our silence in the face of new anti-choice laws across the U.S. is deafening

We should apply science to the problem of mass shootings. The Senate should pass the House bill funding research on gun violence, and the country should stop scapegoating people who suffer from mental illness.