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The RNA revolution: How our understanding of life's blueprint is being rewritten
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Complex animals living millions of years before the Cambrian Explosion revealed by seabed tracks
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There Are at Least Four Types of Autism, Researchers Find
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Scientists Found a Way to Speed Up Evolution Inside Human Cells
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Sugar-coated 'sticky' stem cells could unlock surgery-free liver treatments
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Ancient rhino tooth protein recovery illuminates family tree
Eighteen million years of diverse enamel proteomes from the East African Rift
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Oldest proteins yet recovered from 18-million-year-old teeth
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In New "Game-Changer", Scientists Extract 24-Million-Year-Old Protein Fragments From Extinct Rhino Tooth
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Ancient proteins found in fossils up to 24 million years old
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Are ‘alpha males’ a myth? For most primates, the answer is yes.
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The evolution of male–female dominance relations in primate societies
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Exploring the myth of alpha males in primate behaviour
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Is the ‘alpha male’ a myth? New research in primates may debunk theory
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Why some genes are more error-prone: Scientists uncover hidden rule in DNA transcription
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Scientists 3-D printed a tiny elephant inside a cell
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The multitasking microbe that turns CO₂ into minerals
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One Neuron, Two Behaviors
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Whoa—Scientists Found a Part of Human Cells We Never Knew Existed
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For fish, hovering uses double the energy of resting, study finds
By Sadie Marie Harley
Mutagenesis technique boosts the efficiency of rubisco, a key enzyme in photosynthesis
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Neuroscience Reveals 4 Ways to Get Smarter, Make Better Decisions, and Stay Mentally Agile
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Rare blue proteins from cold-adapted microbes could serve as prototypes for molecular on-off switches
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Lichen sunscreen blocks extreme UV radiation and might enhance cosmetics, materials
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Scientists Stunned As Tomatoes “De-Evolve” in the Galapagos
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Your brain’s biological age can predict how long you’ll live, study finds
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Plasma proteomics links brain and immune system aging with healthspan and longevity
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Your Brain's Youthfulness (or Lack of It) Could Predict How Long You Live
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How a simple blood test can forecast future health risks
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What's your biological age? Researchers find new tool to measure
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Big brains, farms and killer bugs: Epic tale of evolution still affecting us today
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How coffee triggers an ancient cellular anti-aging mechanism
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Enhancement of enzymatic activity by biomolecular condensates through pH buffering
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Differences between dumbbell and kidney-bean stomatal types may influence relationships between stomatal traits and the environment
By Kaixiong Xing and Hongbo Li
Retrospective and multifactorial single-cell profiling reveals sequential chromatin reorganization during X inactivation
By Kim L de Luca, Jop Kind and Tessy Korthout
Quantifying the intra- and inter-species community interactions in microbiomes by dynamic covariance mapping
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A nanobody-based therapeutic targeting Nipah virus limits viral escape
By Ariel Isaacs, Jennifer Barr and Glenn A Marsh
Haploblocks contribute to parallel climate adaptation following global invasion of a cosmopolitan plant
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