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Here are 8 remarkable scientific firsts of 2024

Each year, scientists break new ground in their quest to understand life and the mysteries of the...

The message-sending part of neurons may be blobby, not smooth

The ultrathin tendrils that zip messages around the nervous system are often drawn as smooth lines. But...

Britain’s largest ancient massacre may have included cannibalism

A 4,000-year-old murder mystery began with a massacre in what’s now southwestern England. Then came dismemberment, possibly...

The Simple Math Behind Public Key Cryptography

The original version of this story appeared in Quanta Magazine.For thousands of years, if you wanted to...

Good at Reading? Your Brain May Be Structured Differently

THIS ARTICLE IS republished from The Conversation under a Creative Commons license.The number of people who read...

Mega-Farms Are Driving the Threat of Bird Flu

This story originally appeared on Inside Climate News and is part of the Climate Desk collaboration.A handful...

Creating a Global Package to Solve the Problem of Plastics

According to the United Nations, plastic production skyrocketed from 2 million metric tons in 1950 to about...

These discoveries in 2024 could be groundbreaking — if they’re true

In 2024, researchers turned up possible evidence of ancient life on Mars, hints that Alzheimer’s disease can...

Cancer screening and quitting smoking have saved nearly 6 million lives

Nearly 6 million deaths from five common cancers were avoided through prevention, early detection and better...

Humans have linked emotions to the same body parts for 3,000 years

Have you ever felt like there was a pit in your stomach? What about a flutter in...

The 2024 eclipse gave a rare view of the sun. Here’s a peek at early data

WASHINGTON, D.C. — Scientists threw everything they had at the sky during the solar eclipse that swept...

NASA’s Perseverance rover found a new potential setting for Martian life

WASHINGTON D.C. — The Perseverance Rover on Mars may have stumbled upon the oldest rocks humans have...
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