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It all started with a goat. The unfortunate animal was born in the Netherlands in the spring of 1939 – and his prospects did not look... Read More
The word uncertainty is used a lot in quantum mechanics. One school of thought is that this means there's something out there in the world... Read More
One patient has died and another became seriously ill after fecal transplants inadvertently seeded their innards with a multi-drug resistant... Read More
Building a quasar, the brightest type of object in the universe, usually signifies an end of star-formation in a galaxy. Now, new research... Read More
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When I was a grad student, it was de rigeur to proclaim that every good idea was already in The Origin of Species, and to express amazement... Read More
An unusual statue stands in the courtyard of the San Fernando Medical School in Lima, Peru. It commemorates a student named Daniel Alcides... Read More
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When we think about life out there in the Universe, far beyond the limits of Earth, we can't help but look to our own planet as a guide.... Read More
Journalism is thoroughly inept and corrupt. The quality of journalism has gotten so bad that I have whittled down my trusted sources to... Read More
As mysterious as the Italian scientist for which it is named, the Majorana particle is one of the most compelling quests in physics.Its fame... Read More
That gold on your ring finger is stellar – and not just in a complimentary way.In a finding that may overthrow our understanding of... Read More
Fossils of a giant new species from the long-extinct group of sea creatures called trilobites have been found on Kangaroo Island, South... Read More
Most people think of water as existing in only one of three phases: solid ice, liquid water, or gas vapor. But matter can exist in many... Read More
Antioxidants have been hailed as health game changers for over a quarter-century. When originally buzzed back in the early 1990s, the... Read More
Did you ever wonder why one in six children has a mental health disorder? One in every six seems to be a few too many, I would think. Did you... Read More
Scientists have uncovered an evolutionary paradox where men damage their ability to have children during efforts to make themselves look more... Read More
What if scientists could manipulate your brain so that a traumatic memory lost its emotional power over your psyche? Steve Ramirez, a Boston... Read More
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