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The Ig Nobel Prizes will be announced this Thursday. The awards are given for scientific research that sparks humor first and ...

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Jesse Gelsinger died after receiving a gene therapy treatment to treat a liver disease. The death sparked an investigation ...

A new study reveals how a hidden human bias has shaped centuries of scientific errors, from Galileo to modern research.

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Rhinoplasty is one of the most common facial plastic surgeries performed today. And it turns out, the ability to reconstruct ...

The library’s History of Molecular Biology Collection includes written materials, X-ray prints, and photos related to the ...

America is awesome at science. For as long as most of us have been alive, United States scientists have published more ...

And cultures all around the world have different categories of what is and isn’t breakfast food. The Wikipedia page for ...

Astrophysicist Hakeem Oluseyi hosts Particles of Thought, a new science podcast with leading experts on space, biology and discovery from GBH and the producers of NOVA.