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Men Can Rest Easy: Sex Chromosomes Are Here to Stay
Fears that sex-linked chromosomes, such as the male Y chromosome, are doomed to extinction have been refuted in a...
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Rare Neurons Found in Monkeys’ Brains
Cells linked to empathy and consciousness in primates may offer clues to human self-awareness
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Evolution and Climate Change Should Be Taught in Schools, Say States
One day after new test results showed that only 32 percent of U.S. 8th graders are proficient in science,...
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Meet Shiri, the Freakishly Realistic Robotic Buttocks
In the future, when our kids’ kids are studying the origins of cybernetic humans, they will learn that one...
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How Nature Shapes the Birth of Stars
Using state of the art computer simulations, a team of astronomers from the University of Bonn in Germany have...
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Chinese Physicists Smash Distance Record For Quantum Teleportation
Teleportation is the extraordinary ability to transfer objects from one location to another without travelling through the intervening space....
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Neuroscience Clues to Who You Aren’t
The problem of the self – what it is that makes you you – has exercised philosophers and theologians...
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Chimpanzee Cultures Differ Between Neighbors
Culture has long been proposed to be a distinguishing feature of the human species. However, an increasing amount of...
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Free-floating Planets Outnumber Stars, Represent Possible Life Sites
Life-bearing planets may exist in vast numbers in the space between stars in our Milky Way galaxy. An international...
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Unknown Ancient Language Found on Clay Tablet
Cambridge archaeologists working in Turkey have found the evidence for a previously unknown ancient language which dates back more...