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Children can't handle watching livestreamed massacres – and adults shouldn't have to.
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Your brain's sensory talents go way beyond those traditional five senses. A team of geoscientists and neurobiologists…
An analysis of flight data shows that problems began at a point when the pilot would normally have engaged the autopilot…
Scientists worldwide are calling for a moratorium on gene editing in germline cells. But what is a germline cell? How does…
Considering language from a biological perspective led researchers to the idea that new food processing technologies affected…
CEO Mark Zuckerberg's claimed intent to focus on privacy will be hard to execute, will not happen soon and does not…
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Stories passed down from the ancient world tell of self-powered machines able to move on their own – robots – playing…