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To Prevent Alzheimer's, We Must Study Differences between the Sexes
The disease can present, progress and respond to treatments differently in men and women
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Could Multiple Personality Disorder Explain Life, the Universe and Everything?
A new paper argues the condition now known as “dissociative identity disorder” might help us understand the fundamental nature of reality
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Terrible Teeth Reveal How Dinosaurs Chomped
Big or small, the teeth or carnivorous dinosaurs were adapted to a particular method of shredding flesh
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Science on the Hill: AI, Robotics and Your Health
As part of an ongoing series to connect experts in the scientific community directly with lawmakers on Capital Hill, Scientific American and Nature Research—part of Springer Nature—will host the second “Science on the Hill” event, sponsored by Congressman Jerry McNerney (CA-09).
Testing Philosophy through Experiments
New technologies could shed light on old philosophical questions, such as the nature of the mind and whether moral values reflect universal truth
Plugged In Says Farewell
Plugged In will unplug on Friday. It’s been a great seven years and we look forward to continuing the conversations that we started here
New Higgs Boson Observations Reveal Clues on the Nature of Mass
For the first time the scientists have observed the famous Higgs boson, responsible for imparting mass, interacting with the heaviest particle in the universe
A Bite out of Time
A dinosaur's rib shows evidence of a traumatic encounter with a carnivore
Astrobiology Roundup: Stars in a Multiverse, Drills on Mars and More
The northern summer brings some intriguing research and exciting developments
A Finite Trip with Kakeya
Following Kakeya’s needle to new mathematics
Blanket Hermit Crabs Use Anemones as Defensive Snuggies
Invertebrate apparel is apparently nonplussed
The Human Strain
We used to live on a planet with other thinking, two-legged beings, and that could inform us about intelligence in the universe
A Sentinel's View of a Habitable Planet
There are many ways to map out a world
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