A mysterious outbreak occurs in the Democratic Republic of the Congo, and researchers find evidence that exposure to leaded gasoline was linked to increases in mental illness. Plus, we discuss ...

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Jan. 13, 2025 — It's long been known that different positions on the football field fit different body types. A study led by the University of Kansas has gone beyond knowing that linemen are ...

A team of mathematicians at New York University recently published research into the science of hula hooping in the Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences. Flora Lichtman is joined by ...

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Scientific community and society encompasses research and material which directly concerns, or is relevant to, members of the community of scientists in particular or society at large. As powerful ...

The lowly lab tech can spend hours with a scientific syringe “pipette,” manually moving liquids from tube to tube. Attempts to automate the process have not taken off because the robots ...