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A large study concludes that people who grew up in rural areas are superior at navigation, likely because cities tend to be less complex.
Local researchers identify a striking rainbow-colored fairy wrasse found off the coast of the Maldives as a fish species all its own.
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A machine learning system lets visitors at a Kandinsky exhibition hear the artwork.
Scientists have discovered enzymes from several plastic-eating bacteria. So, why are our oceans still full of plastic pollution?
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Sex, it turns out, isn’t as easy or simple as popular culture might lead us to believe.
Multiple lines of evidence — physical, chemical, and biological — must converge for scientists to conclude that alien life has been found.
Modernism has lasted longer than any art movement since the Renaissance.
Human sacrifice appears to be as old as humanity itself. Still, experts disagree on how and where the practice first originated.
How (not) to end up in the ash heap of history.
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They could also “turn off” their fear.