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Researchers seek, and find, a magical illusion for the ears

Close your eyes and imagine a sound, someone’s voice, coming from your left. It slowly shifts to...

Lizard spit can help detect a rare pancreatic tumor

A molecule in lizard saliva may make it easier to find certain tumors in the pancreas. Insulinomas...

Fossil teeth hint at a surprisingly early start to humans’ long childhoods

An extended childhood, a hallmark of human development, may have gotten off to an ancient and unusual...

Researchers Give Animal Cells the Ability to Photosynthesize for the First Time

Chloroplasts, the parts of cells that allow plants and algae to photosynthesize, are thought to have originated...

How does a fossil become a superstar? Just ask Lucy.

Inside a specially constructed safe at the National Museum of Ethiopia in Addis Ababa sit the fragile...

Bone Marrow Donors Can Be Hard to Find. One Company Is Turning to Cadavers

For months, doctors in Michigan had been searching for a bone marrow donor for a 68-year-old African...

Accelerated muons bring next-gen particle colliders closer to reality

Muons are getting a move on.  In a step toward new types of particle physics experiments, scientists...

A twisted protein sheds light on chronic wasting disease in deer

The misfolded proteins responsible for a fatal neurological illness in deer have a twist. The first detailed...

The Real Problem With Banning Masks at Protests

On December 16, 1773, a group of protesters in Boston donned handkerchiefs and smeared their faces with...

COP29 Begins With Climate Finance, Absent Leaders, and Trump Looming Large

This story originally appeared on WIRED Italia and has been translated from Italian.$1 trillion a year in...

Uranus may have looked weird when NASA’s Voyager 2 flew by

Some of Uranus’ apparent oddities might be due to bad timing. In 1986, the Voyager 2 spacecraft...

The US Has a Cloned Sheep Contraband Problem

In September, a man from Montana was sentenced to six months in prison after he trafficked a...
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