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Ancient fossils from Moroccan caves, dated with rare precision, offer rare insight into early human evolution.

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Scientists mapping the human body at the cellular level keep running into the same surprise: beneath the apparent chaos of ...

Dementia has long been framed as a slow, irreversible loss of neurons, but a new line of research is shifting attention to ...

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Utilizing innovative high-resolution imaging, this study is the first to link age-related cognitive decline and reduced cerebral blood flow to structural and functional degradation of Principal ...

“You’re glowing” is a well-known complimentary phrase meant to convey a perceived level of health, happiness, or other biological condition—pregnancies often inspire the platitude, for example. But in ...

Human “bodyoids” could reduce animal testing, improve drug development, and alleviate organ shortages. Why do we hear about medical breakthroughs in mice, but rarely see them translate into cures for ...

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