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Scientists Uncover California's Hidden Earthquakes
Nearly two million tiny tremors could help explain the inner workings of key faults
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Experimental Gene Therapy Frees "Bubble-Boy" Babies from a Life of Isolation
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It's A Match: Satellite and Ground Measurements Agree on Warming
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How We Roll: Study Shows We're More Lone Wolves Than Team Players
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The anesthetic-cum-party drug restores the ability to make connections among brain cells
Do Microdoses of LSD Change Your Mind?
A rigorous study has intriguing results
A Second Planet May Orbit Earth's Nearest Neighboring Star
Informally called “Proxima c,” the candidate world appears to be six times the mass of Earth and orbits in the frigid outskirts of the Proxima Centauri system
The Mathematics of (Hacking) Passwords
The science and art of password setting and cracking continues to evolve, as does the war between password users and abusers
A New Way to Detect Parkinson’s—by Smell
Discovery of odorous markers for neurodegenerative disease
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Inside the Ant Lab: Mutants and Social Genes
Social insects such as ants and bees often have complex societies, but understanding the genetics behind their social interactions can be difficult due to their complex lifecycles. This lab in New York hopes to investigate the genetics of ant social behavior by focusing on an unusual species: the clonal raider ant...
