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[ad_1] If you felt that autumn had already settled in the past two weeks, you would have been partially correct. According to weather standards and calendars, we have already welcomed the summer …
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[ad_1] A new space mission will carry telescopes closer to the sun than ever, capturing detailed images of its surface landscapes and taking measurements of its atmosphere. Once at the destination – …
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[ad_1] Guidance counselors and self-help book writers value personality tests a lot, but not so much scientists. There is controversy between them as to whether well-defined personality types exist at all. A …
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[ad_1] The smell of sandalwood could be the answer to baldness. British researchers have discovered that the substances that create sandalwood scent also stimulate hair growth in human scalp tissues. To be …
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Read More »There are approximately 20,000 human genes. So, why do scientists study only a small part of them? | Science
[ad_1] iStock.com/fpm By Jocelyn KaiserSept. 18, 2018, 2 pm Sequencing of the human genome in the 1990s was supposed to reveal all the genes that are important for health and disease. But …
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[ad_1] Addiction to a drug – be it alcohol, tobacco, opioids or illicit drugs, such as cocaine – is a chronic condition that leads to addictive compulsive behavior, difficult or impossible to …
Read More »"Your alliance was once a neutron star": science fans gather at Triton College
[ad_1] On September 15, more than 100 community members attended three lectures at Triton College to discover how gravitational waves can help scientists better understand black holes. Rob Owen, Associate Professor in …
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