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New digital chemical screening tool could help eliminate animal testing
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Mutation-counting blood test could predict if cutting-edge immunotherapies can beat a cancer
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Hundreds of new genes may underlie intelligence—but also autism and depression
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Male scientists are far more likely to be referred to by their last names,...
Darwin, Newton, Einstein. When scientists reach a certain level of fame, first names need not apply. That’s especially true if the scientist is a...
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Rising bedrock below West Antarctica could delay catastrophic ice sheet collapse
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Hundreds of U.S. scientists urge more transparency in animal research
Breaking with a history of reticence, nearly 600 scientists, students, and lab animal workers published a letter in USA Today this morning that calls on U.S. research...
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