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In the wake of new computer-based methods, some ecologists fear their field is losing touch with nature. Never miss an ...

A supercooled microscopic ferromagnet proves the existence of gyroscopic magnetic behaviour that has been long sought by ...

Officials at the US Department of Health and Human Services, which awarded funding for the controversial study, say it will ...

She made key contributions to US cold-war science despite facing huge barriers as a Black woman.

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