Scientists Think They’ve Discovered How Humans Could Recover Lost Vision
Mammals aren’t known for the ocular regenerative powers, but a new study shows that nature has a few tricks up its sleeve.
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Mammals aren’t known for the ocular regenerative powers, but a new study shows that nature has a few tricks up its sleeve.
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“It’s the entire ecosystem from an age that’s gone.”

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The burial pits were filled with the remains of at least 32 individuals.
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One researcher believes that we evolved to filter out a larger truth—and it’s helping us survive.

Turns out we’re not all watching the same version of the world unfold, just continuously updating our own personal “simulation.”

You might say it’s like striking gold, but these elements are much more valuable than that.

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How a chemical-weapons testing technique helped crack a chilling hospital murder case.

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He uncovered 30,000 coins ancient coins in remarkable condition. They had to have come from somewhere.
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Cutting-edge genetics research reveals a startling legacy embedded in our DNA.

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You might say it’s just a pigment of your imagination
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Our genes make us who we are—but are they products of chance, natural selection, or something else?

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Archaeologists have dated the site in northwestern Bavaria to 2,300 years ago.

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A rogue millionaire built the subway in 1870 to fight the government.

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Trace evidence can solve murders—but the specialists who study it are disappearing.

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Experts are using high-tech methods to decipher the cursive Latin writing inside.

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Whoever built it for the protection of a deified pharaoh must have taken advanced physics into account.

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The unexpected discovery happened during a routine excavation in Jerusalem.

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No one knows why the river of liquid iron flowing 1,400 miles beneath our feet just reversed course.

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These fast-moving mudflows can devastate towns in a matter of minutes.

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