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Common swifts enter hibernation-like torpor on cold nights
By Christa Lesté-Lasserre The common swift (Apus apus) in flight Shutterstock / Mircea Costina A migratory bird that almost never…
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Interoception: Monkeys can sense their own heartbeat just like us
The ability to sense the internal state of the body, known as interoception, may be linked to our mental health,…
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The Father of Modern Neuroscience Discovered the Basic Unit of the Nervous System
Hour after hour, year after year, Santiago Ramón y Cajal sat alone in his home laboratory, head bowed and back…
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Watch: Axiom and SpaceX launch first all-private crew to ISS
US company Axiom Space is set to send a commercial crew to visit the International Space Station and perform scientific…
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Particle physics could be rewritten after shock W boson measurement
By Alex Wilkins The Tevatron particle accelerator at Fermilab, Illinois, pictured in 1992 GRANGER/Alamy A new measurement of a fundamental…
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Ax-1, First Private Crewed Space Station Mission, Launches Successfully
A pioneering astronaut mission is on its way to the International Space Station. A SpaceX Falcon 9 rocket launched Ax-1, a…
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Most States Are Failing on Building Codes, FEMA Says
A new federal analysis gives all but a handful of states the lowest possible rating on the quality of their…
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Prominent biologist David Sabatini out at MIT after breaching sexual relationship policy
David Sabatini, the high-profile biologist who was forced out of the Whitehead Institute in summer 2021 after a probe found…
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In a first, brain implant lets man with complete paralysis spell out thoughts: ‘I love my cool son.’
In its final stages, the neurological disease amyotrophic lateral sclerosis (ALS) can bring extreme isolation. People lose control of their…
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How Many Nuclear Weapons Exist, and Who Has Them?
Since Russia first invaded Ukraine nearly three weeks ago, the threat of nuclear weapon use has risen. This was made…
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