The immune system is highly trained to detect and eliminate any potential threat to the human body. While…
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Wolbachia Turns 100: The Journey of a Triumphant Endosymbiont
In the mid-1920s, entomologist Marshall Hertig and pathologist Simeon Burt Wolbach decided to step out of…
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Detecting Research Misconduct in the Age of Artificial Intelligence
In 2023, academic journals retracted nearly 14,000 papers, up from around 2,000 a decade before….
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December 2024 Interactive Crossword Puzzle
Try your hand at a sciency brainteaser.
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Why a diabetes drug fell short of anticancer hopes
Pamela Goodwin has received hundreds of emails from patients asking if they should take a cheap, readily…
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Microfibres in India’s dhobi ghats a ‘silent disaster’
[NEW DELHI] India’s traditional open-air laundries, known as dhobi ghats, hold cultural significance…
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Scientists make progress in search for new migraine therapies
For Cherise Irons, chocolate, red wine and aged cheeses are dangerous. So are certain sounds, perfumes and…
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Galaxy-size jet from monster black hole blasts mystery object in deep space (video)
Astronomers using NASA’s Chandra X-ray space telescope have witnessed a massive black hole jet slam into…
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Astronomers discover 7 new ‘dark comets,’ but what exactly are they?
Scientists have discovered seven more “dark comets,” and analysis of this haul suggests that the puzzling…
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The Cybathlon: Bionic athletes compete for the gold — and push assistive technologies forward
Next week, several intrepid cyber-athletes will race to carry out routine household tasks via a computer…
