The animals may help reveal the causes of brain disease in people and point the way to treatments. But researchers already are calling for new ethical guidelines.

A new simulation suggests little red dots, unusually compact objects seen in photos from space, might be one stage in the evolution of black holes.

Reframing subjective policy issues as questions of objective “science” makes it easier to justify relying on “experts” for policy answers.

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Meet the earliest known insects. Shaking hands with them will take a while.

Third Way and EES thinking shows that mainstream science is moving on a compass heading that is right in the direction of intelligent design.

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The geometric earthwork structures, carved into the ground with embankments and ditches, are in some cases more than 2,500 years old, researchers said.

The oldest known cases, discovered among hunter-gatherers in Siberian graves, contradict the theory that the disease once was mild.

Encryption systems rely on “random” numbers, but conventional computers can’t generate them perfectly. New research shows that quantum physics can.

Severe, hard-to-control blazes in densely populated areas like Los Angeles drove the year’s record losses.

Severe, hard-to-control blazes in densely populated areas like Los Angeles drove the year’s record losses.

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