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2 DAYS AGO
Hideki Shirakawa, Who Helped Turn a Lab Error Into a Nobel, Dies at 90
The Japanese chemist played a key role in the discovery of electricity-conducting plastics, largely by accident.
2 DAYS AGO
The Brains of F1 Drivers Are Indeed Strange
They are moving too fast for the normal mind to keep up, but elite drivers have more densely packed brain cells where it counts and use their minds more efficiently.
2 DAYS AGO
The World’s First Bugs Had Way More Legs
Meet the earliest known insects. Shaking hands with them will take a while.
A DAY AGO
The Heart Drug Pelacarsen Fails, Shocking Novartis and Cardiologists
Doctors were hopeful the drug, which was being tested in a large clinical trial by Novartis, was going to be a powerful new tool to fight heart disease.
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Mathematicians discover the worst way to hang a painting
New solutions found to picture-hanging problems
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New brain scan tool could help treat Huntington’s disease, a devastating genetic condition
Huntington's disease is an inherited condition that gradually robs people of their ability to move, speak and even think clearly—there is no cure
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Inside the D.O.J.’s Investigation of Fauci and Other Virus Scientists
As Dr. Anthony Fauci has faced public scrutiny from congressional Republicans, the D.O.J. has pursued a quieter and more expansive effort against a wider circle of researchers.
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Is There Alien Debris on the Moon? Some Scientists Plan to Find Out.
Researchers want to explore the idea that microscopic particles shed by alien civilizations have accumulated on the lunar surface, making it an archive of extraterrestrial technology.