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Scientists find 57,000 cells and 150m neural connections in tiny sample of human brain

On this day in 1898 hydrogen was liquefied for the first time

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Deaf girl is cured in world first gene therapy trial

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Century-Old Chemistry Puzzle Solved: Researchers Unveils Game-Changing Compound

EV batteries could last much longer thanks to new capacitor with 19-times energy density that scientists created by mistake

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The Man Who Raced to Tell the World That Mount Everest Had Been Climbed

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The Inside Story of the First Untethered Spacewalk

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The fusion of two sisters into a single woman suggests that human identity is not in our DNA

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What happens if we detect alien life?

What America’s first board game can teach us about the aspirations of a young nation

Drilling into magma: Risky plan takes geothermal to supercritical extremes

Researchers develop a nanoparticle that can penetrate the blood-brain barrier

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