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Once described by a detractor as smelling of “turpentine and onions, garnished with a gym sock”, southeast Asia’s durian fruit leaves no-one unmoved —...
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A species of Galapagos giant tortoise thought to have been made extinct 150 years ago will be bred in captivity, officials said, after DNA...
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Has any animal suffered greater ignominy than the ill-fated dodo? “A strange and grotesque specimen of bird… bearing a ridiculous bent bill,” was the...
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David Attenborough finally earned his wings Wednesday after scientists named a 100-million-year-old damselfly after the veteran British broadcaster and naturalist. The delicate creature, dubbed...
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The map is the result of one of the biggest efforts in biological science: to construct a comprehensive catalog of genetic vulnerabilities in cancer....
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With the new study, mice whose brains were injected with cells from schizophrenia patients, developed symptoms characteristic of the mental health condition. This included...
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Data storage is one of the biggest technological problems (we’ve created more data between 2015 and 2017 than in all of preceding history) and...
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The three innovations relate to discoveries in tumor identification in MS patients, open-source prosthetics and jaw replacement surgery. With each 3D printing can deliver...
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Charles Darwin, Mr. Evolution himself, didn’t know what to make of the fossils he saw in Patagonia so he sent them to his friend,...
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The fountain of youth may be a matter for mythology; however, considerable scientific research goes into seeing whether the aging process can be slowed...