Fifty-nine years after James Watson and Francis Crick deduced the double-helix structure of DNA, a scientist has captured the first…
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This is your brain on Sesame Street
Children aren’t the only ones who can learn from Big Bird — brain scans of children and adults watching “Sesame…
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Despite their name, vampire squid are not deep-sea bloodsuckers. In fact, new research finds these mysterious creatures are garbage disposals…
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Lawsuit filed in Kansas to block climate change, evolution curriculum
TOPEKA, Kan. – An anti-evolution group filed a federal lawsuit Thursday to block Kansas from using new, multistate science standards…
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Despite the ability to walk upright, early relatives of humanity represented by the famed “Lucy” fossil likely spent much of…
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