Using metagenomic screening — a technique for sequencing genetic material in samples that contain genomes from a mixture of ...

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About 150 million years ago storm winds snapped bones in the wings of baby pterosaurs, sending them tumbling to their deaths ...

The first national study of its kind shows that children from marginalized communities are more exposed to extreme heat ...

Researchers have finally traced the origin of the spotted ratfish’s bizarre forehead teeth, which are used for mating ...

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Researchers are hoping to trick the immune system into fighting back against the bane of adolescents everywhere ...

Fresh treatments for rare skin diseases shift the focus from symptom management to repair and help children with such ...

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A community science project finds that modest reminders to find joy in the day can have benefits that are on par with those ...

Gabriel Kreiman is a professor at Harvard Medical School and an associate director at the Center for Brains, Minds and Machines. He received his master of science degree and Ph.D. from the California ...

On Thursday Senators grilled Robert F. Kennedy, Jr., about vaccines and turmoil at the Centers for Disease Control and ...