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How Dopamine Flips the Brain’s Fear Switch – And Turns On Calm

Life’s Greatest Leap: Scientists Decode the Origins of Complex Cells

In Their Final Moments, a Pompeii Family Fought to Survive

Key brain areas are larger in teenagers with abdominal obesity - EurekAlert!

I went to STARMUS La Palma for science and music — I came back in love

New Research Challenges 160-Year-Old Long-Standing Origin of Life Theory

Intelligence on Earth Evolved Independently at Least Twice

The Breakthrough Tech Turning CO2-Rich Gas Into Chemical Gold

Scientists Shaved Roadkill to Find Out How Mammals Glow in The Dark

New Mexico's Spaceport America looks up and into the future