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A bionic knee that directly attaches to the thigh bone and uses implanted electrodes can make a prosthetic leg feel more like a part of the body, a new study finds.
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A groundbreaking trial in the U.K. has released data on eight babies born through a special IVF procedure to lower their risk of mitochondrial DNA disease.
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Cat owners have noticed their pets seem to go crazy for concrete blocks. Why?
By Victoria Atkinson published
A new study of schoolchildren in France suggests that boys are not innately better at math. Some aspect of schooling appears to drive the "gender gap."
By Edward White published
Fundamentalists don't necessarily examine evolution and then reject it; they tend to start with the conclusion that it must be false and work backwards.
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In this except from the biography of J. Robert Oppenheimer, we hear from the people at the historic first test of the atomic bomb in New Mexico.
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A new proposal makes the case that paraparticles — a new category of quantum particle — could be created in exotic materials.
By Stephen L. Levy published
Almost everything on Earth is made up of atoms, but where do these fundamental building blocks come from?
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A fiery letter written by Albert Einstein in 1954 is going to auction. The letter details Einstein's thoughts on his part in developing atomic weapons, and hails Mahatma Gandhi as a political genius.
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The new super-strong copper alloy can be used to build better airplanes and spacecraft.
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Scientists demonstrate a process called "magic state distillation" in logical qubits for the first time, meaning we can now build quantum computers that are both error-free and more powerful than supercomputers.
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