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The “Hobbit” at 15
A shocking discovery made a decade and a half ago is changing our understanding of human evolution
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When We Finally Find Aliens, They Might Smell Terrible
A better understanding of what gases to search for in exoplanet atmospheres is key to locating extraterrestrial life
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What’s Shaking in Oklahoma?
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How a Flawed Experiment “Proved” That Free Will Doesn’t Exist
It did no such thing—but the result has become conventional wisdom nevertheless
The Language You Speak Influences Where Your Attention Goes
It’s all because of the similarities between words
The Toothpick That Saved a Neuroscience Experiment
Sometimes the most mundane objects can turn out to be unexpectedly crucial
Eight Degrees North
How a change of latitude changed my perspective
The Missing Link in Fighting Antibiotic Resistance
Rapid diagnostics can flag outbreaks of “superbugs” before they spread
The Secret of the Crocodile “Death Roll”
Out of 25 living crocodilian species, all but one have been seen to “death roll”
It Takes a “Surgeon” to Cut a Building’s Emissions
Large structures are unique and complex, much like human bodies, and making them healthier requires true expertise
Long Live the Multiverse!
The idea that our universe is just part of a much vaster cosmos has a long history—and it’s still very much with us
Could Fruit Flies Reveal the Hidden Mechanisms of the Mind?
New understandings in neurobiology are emerging from experiments on Drosophila, raising hopes the tiny insect will aid insights into human cognition and dementia
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