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The Oldest Mini-Brains Have Lifelike Young Cells
“Organoid” brain tissue models grown in a lab for two years can help scientists study a critical period of development just before and after birth.
For Astronomers, Neutron Star Merger Could Eclipse Eclipse
Even as the solar eclipse was mesmerizing millions, astronomers were training their space- and land-based telescopes on a far more violent astrophysical event.
The Problem with the Mutation-Centric View of Cancer
How risk-assessments of cancer go wrong.
The Problem with the Mutation-Centric View of Cancer
Researchers need to widen their focus on the micro-environments in which cancer thrives.
Getting Googled by Your Doctor
Will mental health clinicians become liable for missing your latest Facebook post?
Sexism Killed My Love for Philosophy Then Mary Astell Brought It Back
How one woman philosopher reinvigorated another.
This Ecologist Wants to Tell You What Matters in Science
“What physicists and astronomers do is trivial compared to solving these problems.”







