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A report that a fish can pass the “mirror test” for self-awareness reignites debates about how to define and measure that elusive quality. https://t.co/hlHZKNUsib Via @QuantaMagazine
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Today marks the anniversary of the first ever successful kidney transplant. #ScienceTwitter #Surgery
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The UC system is pushing to change the subscription model and accelerate open access, but if there’s no contract agreement by December 31, faculty and students lose access altogether.
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The PsychENCODE project delves into the DNA, RNA, and protein changes related to brain development and neuropsychiatric disorders, but researchers caution it’s just a first step toward treatment.
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“The women understand their identity to be both socially regulated and self-determined,” lead author Terrell Morton.
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It’s the latest fallout from an investigation by Harvard and Brigham and Women’s into work overseen by Piero Anversa.
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Last winter’s dreadful flu season may have had a silver lining: Flu vaccine uptake rose sharply. https://t.co/Ja3d4OVguL Via @statnews
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Last winter’s dreadful flu season may have had a silver lining: Flu vaccine uptake rose sharply this fall in both children and adults.
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A hormone treatment contaminated with amyloid-β given to mice caused the protein’s accumulation in their brains, suggesting the same could have occurred in humans given the therapy.
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Facing thousands of lawsuits alleging that its talc caused cancer, J&J insists on the safety and purity of its iconic product. https://t.co/upmtgPmQEa Via @ReutersScience
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A controversy over pterosaurs’ plumage has taken off, with a new discovery pushing feather origins back 80 million years into the early Triassic.
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Unusual feathers preserved in 100-million-year-old Cretaceous amber could have been used as defensive decoys. https://t.co/ewd1nOXWdJ Via @sciencemagazine
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A new study uses deep learning to improve the resolution of biological images.
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Eight environmental groups took the legal measure in an effort to protect North Atlantic right whales and other marine organisms.
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