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Attempts to find brain structures responsible for supposed cognitive sex differences have not succeeded.
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A person dies of opioid overdose once every 13 minutes in the US. A researcher proposes a way using existing technology…
When manufacturing jobs disappear, what are the best ways to help unemployed workers?
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Framing cats as responsible for declines in biodiversity is based on faulty scientific logic and fails to account for the…
Private mode browsing is a useful way to cover your online tracks. Just don't read too much into the word 'private.'
This summer, NASA's Mars Perseverance rover is taking the next giant leap in our search for signs of life beyond Earth.
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