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Republicans and Democrats agree that it’s important the U.S. is a world leader in science, but sharply diverge on how the U.S ...

A new study from Northwestern University is reshaping how scientists think about brain evolution. The research suggests that the gut microbiome does more than aid digestion. It may also influence how ...

Black holes are some of the strangest and most powerful objects in the universe, and for all our advances in science, we still don’t fully understand them. They bend space and time, swallow light, and ...

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