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A group of neuroscientists argue that our words are primarily for communicating, not for reasoning.

The science of epigenetics suggests we can pass on trauma – but trust and compassion too

Scientists call for regulation to stop regional use of marine cloud brightening that may cool one region in the short term but have negative impact elsewhere

CyberTracker, software developed in collaboration with Indigenous trackers, is enabling almost anyone to collect complex biodiversity data

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Instructing our cells to make specific proteins could control influenza, autoimmune diseases, even cancer

What if dark matter is just ordinary matter locked inside black holes – from which, after all, light cannot escape. Such massive, dark objects would trundle around the cosmos, nudging the motion of visible matter while evading direct detection.

More than half of patients with advanced forms of disease who took lorlatinib were still alive after five years with no progression

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