Category: One
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HIV spreading. Isolation. Sympathy.
Almost like detectives retracing the steps of a killer in a whodunnit, researchers have pieced together how the virus that later became known as HIV grew from infecting a few hunter-gatherers in Cameroon to affecting 76 million people across the globe. Using historic blood samples to create a viral timeline, the team confirms that Kinshasa,…
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Water memory. Human prejudice.
The United Nations Educational, Scientific and Cultural Organization (UNESCO) is potentially wading into hot water next month when it hosts a meeting set up by Nobelist Luc Montagnier to discuss his controversial research on what has become known as "the memory of water." The afternoon at the agency's Paris headquarters will feature talks about the…
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Analyzing more. Explaining less. Another plague of modern science...
Ecologists are testing more and more hypotheses, but their studies are explaining less of the world. That’s the striking conclusion of a new study that analyzes 8 decades of research papers. What exactly is driving these trends isn’t clear, but researchers fear it could undermine confidence in ecological research. Since it gained momentum as a…
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Extra sensory perceptions… One consciousness...
Ask Harvard Medical School researchers how many senses humans have and you’re bound to receive a range of answers. This lack of consensus isn’t limited to Harvard: Neurologists and others who study perception have long disagreed on the number of senses we possess to help us navigate our way through life. Researchers argue that true…
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ASMR; Being; Non-thinking.
A few months ago, STEPHANIE FAIRYINGTON was on a Manhattan-bound D train heading to work when a man with a chunky, noisy newspaper got on and sat next to her. As she watched him softly turn the pages of his paper, a chill spread like carbonated bubbles through the back of her head, instantly relaxing…
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