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Scientists at Harvard University are proposing a fundamental change in the way we consider psychedelics and their therapeutic ...

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The answer to the question 'how much sleep do I need each night?' depends on a variety of factors, and we just found a new ...

The idea that our Solar System is representative of other solar systems hasn't survived the age of exoplanet discovery.

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Earth's oceans may seem like an expanse of the same water to us, but try telling that to a sea turtle or a whale shark.

A newly discovered bacterium wiggling about in the mudflats of the Oregon coast could advance a new era of bioelectric ...

Earth's surface is mostly deep ocean, but a new study reveals just how little we have glimpsed of the floor of our planet's ...