An HIV-infected human cell STEVE GSCHMEISSNER/SCIENCE PHOTO LIBRARY A man has become the seventh person to be left HIV-free after
In 1944, Erwin Schrödinger published a book called What Is Life?. The physicist, famous for his alive-and-dead cat, clearly relished
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Imagine you’re standing in front of a closed door. Behind it is a teenager’s bedroom, and your task is to
New findings suggest that complex life began forming much earlier, and over a far longer period, than researchers previously understood.
The Tsimané people in Bolivia consider humility to be a sign of a worthwhile individual David Mercado/Reuters It is a
Over the last 70 years, hydralazine has been an indispensable tool in medicine — a front-line defense against life-threatening high
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A large laboratory investigation of human-made chemicals has revealed 168 substances that are harmful to bacteria normally found in a

