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Nothing rivals the human brain's complexity. Its 86 billion neurons and 85 billion other cells make an estimated 100 trillion ...

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Scientists discover salamander genes that help regrow limbs, using gene therapy to restore digit growth in mice.

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For centuries, people tried to build ornithopters that flapped like birds, but none became a practical path to human flight.

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His immensely popular, and controversial, 1967 book, “The Naked Ape,” argued that ancient genes, shared with apes, shape our ...

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