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Sought Out by Science, and Then Forgotten

Four decades ago, medical researchers reached out to ailing families in Colombia for insights into Huntington’s disease. Scientists are just now following up,...

A Saber-Toothed Predator From Long Before Evolution Came Up With Cats

Some 252 million years ago, it was a disastrous time to be alive. Erupting supervolcanoes destabilized ecosystems, plunging the planet’s living things into...

Scientists Find Brain Signals of Chronic Pain

Researchers have for the first time recorded the brain’s firing patterns while a person is feeling chronic pain, paving the way for implanted...

Do-or-Die Talks Reach Deal to Keep Colorado River From Going Dry, for Now

The Biden administration has negotiated a historic agreement among California, Arizona and Nevada to take less water from the drought-strained Colorado River, a...

What Number Comes Next? Ask the Encyclopedia of Integer Sequences.

Some numbers are odd:1, 3, 5, 7, 9, 11, 13, 15 …Some are even:2, 4, 6, 8, 10, 12, 14, 16 …And then...

An Auction of Prosthetics, Mermaids and Creepy Dolls to Benefit Sea Turtles

When Jace Tunnell spotted what appeared to be a leg on the Gulf of Mexico shoreline in Texas, he thought that his greatest...

Moving Is a Monumental Task for Many Older Americans. These Organizers Can Help.

The four-bedroom house that Ray and Beth Nygren had lived in for 20 years in Auburn, Wash., measured about 2,400 square feet. The...

NASA Picks Blue Origin-Led Group to Build Moon Lander for Artemis V Mission

On the second try, Jeff Bezos and his rocket company have won a contract to take NASA astronauts to the surface of the...

These Spiders Look Frightening, but They May Be Scaredy-Cats

Joro spiders are the size of your palm. They weave webs up to three feet across, and for the past decade, the East...

Why Do We Listen to Sad Songs?

In the second part of the experiment, involving 450 new subjects, the researchers gave each participant 72 descriptions of emotional songs, which expressed...

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