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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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Emily Riehl's Favorite Theorem
The Johns Hopkins University mathematician tells us why doing category theory is like playing the viola
You, You and You! Everyone's Invited to a Free, Live-Streaming, Dog Conference #SPARCS18
It’s time to meet The Real Dog
The Gleeful Abandon of Youthful Curiosity
Giant leaf piles, the Mythbusters and remembering what it was like to be a curious kid
A Tiny Reason for Big Dinosaurs to Gather Together
Transmission of essential bacteria might have given herbivorous dinosaurs an additional reason to form herds
The Pressing Need for Everyone to Quiet Their Egos
Why quieting the ego strengthens your best self
The Lowdown on LAZE: Kilauea's Most Recent Hazard
Acidic clouds rise from the water—what are they, and how dangerous can they be?
Of Yellowhammer and Corn Bunting
New World nine-primaried oscines aren’t just found in the New World...
Children, Fatal Illness and the Nature of Suffering
How can multiple parties with a child’s best interest in mind disagree so violently about whether he or she is in distress?
Challenges for Science in Post-Hurricane Puerto Rico
Eight months after Irma and Maria struck, electricity is still unreliable
We Need to Stop Moving the Goalposts for Autism
The incidence has skyrocketed since the disorder was first described in 1943, but much of that increase is misleading
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