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Nobel Prizes in science are usually given for revolutionary ideas that change our perception of the universe. But this year's…
Progress has been made toward gender parity in science fields. But explicit and implicit barriers still hold women back…
New research models how the Homo floresiensis species could have evolved its small size remarkably quickly while living…