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One of the most familiar drawings in biology textbooks may need an update. Scientists studying the microscopic structure of brain cells have found evidence that some axons do not look like the smooth tubes students have seen for generations. Instead, certain unmyelinated axons in the mammalian central nervous system appear more like strings of tiny […]
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A personalized cancer vaccine from Moderna and Merck has cleared its biggest clinical test yet. The experimental mRNA therapy, combined with Keytruda, significantly reduced melanoma recurrence and spread in a large Phase 3 trial. Doctors would use the treatment after surgery in patients whose melanoma has been removed but still carries a high risk of […]
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For years, scientists believed abstract geometry was one of the skills that separated humans from every other animal. Understanding ideas like symmetry, right angles, and parallel lines seemed to require a uniquely human brain. A new study now tells a very different story. Researchers have found that monkeys and young children share the same basic […]
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For years, scientists believed flowering plants truly took over only after the dinosaurs disappeared. A stunning fossil discovery in New Mexico is now turning that idea on its head. Hundreds of beautifully preserved fossil fruits and seeds show that flowering plants had already become rich, diverse, and successful almost 75 million years ago. The fossils […]
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