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A brain circuit in the thalamus helps us hold information in mind
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Air-Conditioning Should Be a Human Right in the Climate Crisis
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Indian heatwave: Extreme temperatures show the need to adapt to a warming world
India is no stranger to high temperatures but they don't normally occur in March and April, when many people aren't...
The Desert’s Fragile Skin Can’t Take Much More Heat
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MIT expands research collaboration with Commonwealth Fusion Systems to build net energy fusion machine, SPARC
MIT’s Plasma Science and Fusion Center (PSFC) will substantially expand its fusion energy research and education activities under a new...
Why the 2022 Southwest Fire Season Is So Early and Intense
The following essay is reprinted with permission from The Conversation, an online publication covering the latest research. New Mexico and...
Covid-19 news: Fourth vaccine may offer ‘substantial’ antibody boost
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Ticks Are Spreading in the US—and Taking New Diseases With Them
A disease that is so rare in the United States that it is recognized in only about 40 people each...
DNA mystery may be crystal clear
When cells reproduce, the internal mechanisms that copy DNA get it right nearly every time. Rice University bioscientists have uncovered...
Women Bear the Brunt of Drought Shocks
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Flu virus: Deadly 1918 pandemic may be the source of today’s milder seasonal flu
Viruses sequenced from century-old lung samples in German and Austrian museums have shed light on how flu can change over...
Delegates at the United Nations Have Begun Forging New Rules for Space
International humanitarian law—rules that apply during a conflict between nations—state that one can’t attack civilians or civilian infrastructure. That could...
Eating sea squirts may reverse the signs of ageing
If you have ever looked in the mirror and seen greying hair and wrinkles or forgotten the name of a...
Two-Headed Worms Tell Us Something Fascinating About Evolution
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