Although we often conceive of microorganisms — germs — as bad, the vast majority of them are not.

The sharpest minds in business and tech are responding to a viral essay on AI's impact on jobs with some approval and a lot ...

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Human noise alters bird behavior, raises stress levels, and reduces reproductive success - but reducing noise could help reverse the damage.

A study introduces a scalable 2D human neuron platform to probe how brain-like rhythms emerge and how specific drugs reshape them, aiding epilepsy and autism research.

As progressive Americans have become more secular, the academy has become their primary moral training ground. The results ...

Why are hunting season dates so specific? While the way hunting seasons are determined may seem like an easy or arbitrary choice, it is far from that. In practice, these dates are actually built ...

Prospective parents are being marketed genetic tests that claim to predict which IVF embryo will grow into the tallest, ...

As the inaugural product for the Mandler brand, the Mandler 35mm F2 aims to provide users with a cost-effective yet professional camera lens option… but you’ll have to wait until March to get yours.

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