After the death of Peter Fenwick, a neuropsychiatrist who studied near-death experiences, readers shared stories of their own.

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A version of proposed updates to Iowa’s science education standards -- omitting the phrases “climate change” and “biological ...

Researchers have now uncovered the 3D structure of the RNA enzyme SAMURI. Their study provides insights into the development of ribozymes and the evolution of catalytically active RNA.

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In terms of helping to convince people that information is true and trustworthy, “fact-checking does work”, says Sander van der Linden, a social psychologist at the University of Cambridge, UK, who ...

Researchers have discovered that neurotransmitters like dopamine and serotonin are released when processing the emotional ...

Don Lincon, a senior scientist at the U.S. particle physics laboratory Fermilab, describes bosons as “puppies of the subatomic world” because you can have an unlimited number of bosons in the same ...