In northern Kenya, where the ground is arid, the sun is hot, and water is a daily grind, the people have created a life that ...

The 2020 Nobel Prize in Chemistry was awarded for the development of CRISPR/Cas9, a method also known as "gene scissors," ...

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New research has identified yet another way that spaceflight tampers with the human body. A study involving samples flown on ...

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Per- and polyfluoroalkyl substances (PFAS), manmade chemicals that accumulate in the body over time, have been linked to liver disease and cancer, but it is not yet clear how they cause damage.

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The Gateway Process was originally the brainchild of radio producer Robert Monroe, who in the 1970s studied the effects of certain sound patterns on human consciousness. He claimed that his ...

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Science writer Mary Roach chronicles both the history and the latest science of body part replacement in her new book. She ...