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Injured sea walnuts can join bodies and thrive again by merging some of their systems

Victor Ambros and Gary Ruvkun honored for discovery of microRNAs in worms

Computers can be trained to exhibit pareidolia, the phenomenon of recognizing faces in objects

University of Chicago will again lead a group to manage the United States’s only dedicated particle physics lab

Black and Hispanic professors fare worse when voters include colleagues who are less familiar with their work, new study finds

Novel technique analyzing metabolites of tobacco in bone could be applied to other substances, potentially revising views of past health and behavior

Building a cadre of researchers is of “vital importance” to saving the world's second largest rainforest

Records from past centuries show vast extent of bivalves before overharvesting, may inspire restoration

Authorities have been slow to release data about cases and how they are connected

Cataclysm that killed dinosaurs and shook up life on Earth likely paved the way for this mutually beneficial relationship

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U.S. panel calls for boosting research into capturing potent greenhouse gas

AI tools and hundreds of human proofreaders helped tease apart 140,000 neurons in a brain the size of a grain of sand

But questions remain about what the animals are actually communicating

If approach holds up, it could “result in health benefits to millions of malnourished children worldwide,” experts say

But scientists say in some settings concussions may still contribute to risk of later criminal justice involvement

National Academy of Medicine report cites failure to address health inequities, life expectancy

Plant-friendly soil microbes outgrew their peers when exposed to white noise in the lab

Findings challenge idea that adorable expression originated with dog domestication

Erosion and uplift added 15 to 50 meters to world’s tallest mountain, study suggests