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Stimulating the Sleeping Brain Could Help Heal Memory Loss or Mental Health Problems
Stimulating the sleeping brain may ease suffering from memory loss, stroke or mental health problems
3D Cosmic Clouds Reveal How Stars Are Formed
Three-dimensional printouts of stellar nurseries are helping to reveal how stars are born
These New Cancer Drugs Improve Outcomes for People with Hard-to-Treat Tumors
New drugs called antibody-drug conjugates help patients with cancers that used to be beyond treatment
How the 2024 Eclipse Will Explain the Sun's Ring of Fire
The upcoming total solar eclipse and a pair of new sun probes are revolutionizing scientists' understanding of our closest star
AI Chatbot Brains Are Going Inside Robot Bodies. What Could Possibly Go Wrong?
The effort to give robots AI brains is revealing big practical challenges--and bigger ethical concerns
By Preserving Resources, We're Protecting People, Too
Boundaries for preserving fresh water, biodiversity and other planetary resources tighten when they must also protect people
How Two Pharmacists Figured Out That Decongestants Don't Work
A loophole in FDA processes means older drugs such as those in oral decongestants weren't properly tested. Here's how we learned the most popular one doesn't work
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