A study finds that 41% of traded mammal species share at least one pathogen with humans, compared with just 6.4% of species ...

Most people want autism breakthroughs—but few know the crucial role brain donation plays in making them happen. Autism ...

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A new UAB study published in Nature Communications reveals how the eye creates sharp vision, showing that individual ...

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Digital tools have uses, but they can also risk reducing the productive struggle students need to build critical thinking ...

A study resets the longevity discussion, after previous research focused on those born between 1870 and 1900, and shows ...

Cancer drugs known as BET inhibitors once looked like a breakthrough, but in real patients they’ve often fallen short. New ...

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