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A powerful psychological bias called anchoring influences our decisions. It means the first number we see often becomes a ...

Protein scientists could improve reproducibility and coordination across the field by rallying around a small, shared set of "model proteins," according to a new Perspective by Connecticut College ...

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Men start developing heart disease earlier than women, with risks rising faster beginning around age 35, according to ...

The Israel Academy of Sciences and Humanities warns of the danger of losing independence and being left out of research ...

Koch, who studied vision, thought that by measuring people's brain responses as they looked at special optical illusions, ...

A previously unknown strain of syphilis bacteria has been discovered in human remains in Colombia, dating back 5,500 years.

Plastic pollution is everywhere—including where you would least expect it, especially when it's in tiny particle form. Today, ...

New research suggests the mysterious Roman-era “Beachy Head Woman” was likely from Britain, not the Mediterranean or ...

Scientists have recovered a genome of Treponema pallidum—the bacterium whose subspecies today are responsible for four ...

Why does humor often reference things emanating from the body, like runny noses, body odor, or waste products? A new theory ...