Prehistoric fish fills 100 million year gap in evolution of the skull
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Recent neuroscience research suggests that popular strategies to control dopamine are based on an overly narrow view of how it functions
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Nobel disease: Exploration of how and why some of the world’s greatest scientists eventually go crazy
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Appeasement: replacing Stockholm syndrome as a definition of a survival strategy
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Human trials of artificial wombs could start soon. Here’s what you need to know
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A new study uncovers liver flukes' savvy manipulation of ants, making them climate-aware zombies
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For the first time in the United States, research with cephalopods might require approval by an ethics committee
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Study of multiple species shows birds with more complex vocal skills are better problem-solvers
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Plan for £100m UK underwater living research facility move forward
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Meet the winners of the 2023 Ig Nobel Prizes
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The Lindy Effect
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Executive summary - Elsevier’s acquisition of Interfolio: risks and responses
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Will it slip or will it grip: Scientists ask, “what is snail mucus?”
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Lithium discovery in US volcano could be biggest deposit ever found
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Beneath the Earth, ancient ocean floor likely surrounds the core
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Lucid dreamers transmit musical melodies from dreams to reality in real-time in groundbreaking study
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Human ancestors nearly went extinct 900,000 years ago
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Scientists grow whole model of human embryo, without sperm or egg
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Why are adverts so loud?
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Here's why automaticity is real actually
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New amphibian family tree a leap forward in understanding frogs, shows they evolved tens of millions of years later than previously thought
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The early history of counting
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Knot theory: How the most useless branch of math could save your life
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Searching for dark matter with the world's most sensitive radio
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Scientists discovered why Germany’s wild boar are radioactive
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The rediscovery of circadian rhythms
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The golf ball paradox
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I’m so sorry for psychology’s loss, whatever it is
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A University of British Columbia study gave fifty homeless people $7,500 each and debunks stereotypes about homeless people’s spending habits
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How far can you jump from a swing?
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Who is likely to believe in conspiracy theories?
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Live roundworm found in Australian woman's brain in world-first discovery
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The veery thrush will time its migrations months in advance to avoid dangerous storms in the Atlantic Ocean. How are these birds so attuned to the climate?
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What does any of this have to do with physics?
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Ig Nobel Prize winner Higashiyama Atsuki and the “Between-Legs Effect” mystery
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How a brain implant and AI gave a woman with paralysis her voice back
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Scientists release the first complete sequence of a human Y chromosome
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The hunt for natural hydrogen reserves
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Mapping arctic foxes’ spectacular solo journeys
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July 2023 was the hottest month on record
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‘We’re changing the clouds.’ An unforeseen test of geoengineering is fueling record ocean warmth.
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Cyberattack shutters major NSF-funded telescopes for more than two weeks
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Ancient fires drove large mammals extinct, study suggests
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National Ignition Facility fusion societal energy hype
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Turning milk into clothing
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White-nose syndrome in bats was detected in Texas in February 2020. Scientists are only now understanding the population loss.
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Chromium is showing immense promise as a cheap, plentiful alternative to metals used in smartphone screens and solar cells
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Brain recordings capture musicality of speech — with help from Pink Floyd
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The superconductor sensation has fizzled - and that's fine
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US scientists repeat fusion ignition breakthrough for 2nd time
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