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Infant born with deadly disease now thriving thanks to customized CRISPR treatment six months after birth

Study finds that the depth of small grooves in the brain's surface is linked to stronger network connectivity and better reasoning ability.

Flamingos create water tornados to trap their prey

Not one, but two massive black holes are eating away at this galaxy

Half of the universe's hydrogen gas, long unaccounted for, has been found

A new ability to pinpoint sources of fast radio bursts

Fascism shattered Europe century ago – historians hear echoes today in U.S. (24)

Biologists have shown that several species of fruit fly have stolen a successful defense (horizontal gene transfer) from bacteria to survive predation by parasitic wasps.

A new timeline for Neanderthal interbreeding with modern humans

Citizen scientists discover new, more virulent form of sudden oak death in Bay Area

Breakthrough in capturing 'hot' CO2 from industrial exhaust

Did Capturing Carbon from the Air Just Get Easier?

“Altruistic” doctors put patients before profits — and achieve better results, study finds: When Medicare patients were treated by such doctors, the patients were less likely to need emergency room visits, and their annual medical payments were nearly 10% lower on average

To make children better fact-checkers, expose them to more misinformation — with oversight

New process vaporizes plastic bags and bottles, yielding gases to make new, recycled plastics

By digitally mapping the whole brain of a fruit fly, scientists hope to gain insight into human brain disorders

New study suggests that biases for those with more resources can be traced to beliefs formed as young as 14 months.

Creature the size of a dust grain found hiding in California's Mono Lake

New process vaporizes plastic bags and bottles, yielding gases to make new, recycled plastics

Scientists find oceans of water on Mars. It’s just too deep to tap.

Size of tropical glaciers at lowest point in at least 11,000 years

UC Berkeley researchers have created earpieces that identify brain activity associated with relaxation and drowsiness.

New study shows how the brain reacts emotionally to the real world

Virgin Galactic Flies 3D Printer Into Space. Its Next Mission: Bioprinting on the ISS

Engineered plants could bridge the nutrition gap between breast milk and baby formula

Lactate rivals glucose as body's major fuel after a carbohydrate meal

An adjuvant made in yeast could lower vaccine cost and boost availability

Why parrots sometimes adopt — or kill — each other’s babies

EVs are lowering Bay Area's carbon footprint

Tests begin on sensitive neutrino detector for nonproliferation as well as physics

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