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Ancient Sawfish Help to Illuminate Our Teeth’s Scaly Origins
You probably don’t think of yourself as a scaly creature, but the hardened structures behind your lips may say otherwise.…
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Autism Treatment Shifts Away from ‘Fixing’ the Condition
When I began reporting on autism about 15 years ago, therapists would talk about achieving the “optimal outcome” for children…
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Are the James Webb Space Telescope’s Pictures ‘Real’?
As light travels through space, it gets stretched by the expansion of the universe. This is why many of the…
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Heralded Alzheimer’s Drug Works, but Safety Concerns Loom
Researchers have got a first look at phase III clinical trial data for a much lauded experimental Alzheimer’s drug—and although the…
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U.S. Embassies Face Growing Risk from Climate Change, Government Watchdog Says
State Department personnel working at embassies and consulates around the world face heightened safety and security risks from climate disasters—particularly…
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Vaccine prompts HIV antibodies in 97 per cent of people in small study
An experimental HIV vaccine led to antibodies against the virus in 35 out of 36 volunteers, but whether this offers…
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How Beavers Shaped America, from Capitalism to Climate Change
Nonfiction A Busy History How beavers shaped America—and not just its ecology Beaverland: How One Weird Rodent Made America by…
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A Year of Wonder, Awe and Discovery
Last July, NASA revealed the first images sent back from its highly anticipated new space telescope. Gorgeous photographs of swirling…
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Fatherhood Changes Men’s Brains, According to Before-and-After MRI Scans
The following essay is reprinted with permission from The Conversation, an online publication covering the latest research. The time fathers…
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Microfibres that pollute the seas are floating homes for bacteria
Almost 200 species of bacteria, including one that can cause food poisoning, were found on microfibre particles from the Mediterranean…
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