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How wild was the Wild West?
Life was hard, but it wasn’t like Hollywood Westerns.
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For these gregarious animals, ‘alone time’ is a fantasy.
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Neanderthal gene found in many people may open cells to coronavirus and increase COVID-19 severity
Science’s COVID-19 reporting is supported by the Pulitzer Center and the Heising-Simons Foundation.
Targeting U.S. wetland restoration could make cleaning up water much cheaper
Wetlands do a great job of filtering and cleaning up polluted water. But in the United States, many of those natural filters have been destroyed: filled in, paved over, or drained to become farm fields. Now, a study suggests policymakers responsible for managing wetlands could do a better job by […]
Trouble hearing in a crowded room? New ‘cone of silence’ could help
Somehow, even in a room full of loud conversations, our brains can focus on a single voice in something called the cocktail party effect. But the louder it gets—or the older you are—the harder it is to do. Now, researchers may have figured out how to fix that—with a machine […]