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He lost his penis in a ritual. A transplant made him a father.
In December 2014, South African surgeons achieved what had never been done before: a successful long-term penis transplant. The marathon…
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Scientists find brain circuit that turns pain into suffering
What if the real source of pain isn’t your body, but your brain’s reaction to it? That’s the question researchers…
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How poop could save species from extinction
Every animal leaves something behind. For a long time, we treated that something—dung—as waste, something to bag or step around.…
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Wind and solar just got taxed. Here’s who benefits.
Late last week, while most of the country was heading into the weekend, Senate Republicans quietly slipped a new provision…
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Inside the Hidden World of Kidney Stones: 5 Microscopic Images
Many people will face kidney stones at some point in their lives. According to estimates from the National Institute of…
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When a Spoonful of Plastic Settles in the Brain
They slip into the air we breathe and drift through the water we drink. Now, a growing body of evidence…
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At the Brink: How Washington’s New Budget Threatens American Science
Researchers across the United States are bracing for upheaval as the White House prepares a budget proposal that could drastically…
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Behind the Zagros Mountains lies a hidden story of a sinking oceanic slab
The low rumble of tectonic forces often goes unnoticed in our daily lives, yet a quiet drama unfolds beneath Iraq’s…
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2032 collision? The asteroid that launched a global defense effort
Only a few days after Christmas 2024, astronomers identified an asteroid that could test humanity’s ability to protect itself. Known…
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