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Lord of the Rings–quoting performance wins this year’s ‘Dance Your PhD’ contest Article 783 words 5 votes
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Labs are euthanizing thousands of mice in response to coronavirus pandemic biology medicine Article 1547 words 10 votes
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An examination of over 4700 clinical trials found that less than 45% of them reported their results on time, despite it being a legal requirement medicine Article 2392 words 7 votes
The next graphene? Shiny and magnetic, a new form of pure carbon dazzles with potential Article 1340 words, published Nov 12 2019 11 votes
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Newborn screening urged for fatal neurological disorder, spinal muscular atrophy (SMA) medicine Article 6 votes
Feeding the gods: Hundreds of skulls reveal massive scale of human sacrifice in Aztec capital archaeology Article 2486 words, published Jun 20 2018 7 votes
New technique could help scientists creat custom genes in twenty-four hours biology Article 868 words 11 votes
Dinosaur killing asteroid also killed most bird species due to global deforestation Article 639 words 6 votes