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Using data from a 1950s Russian experiment, researchers are getting “to the heart of brain programming” in foxes
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Prior to the discovery, rock art in northeastern Spain was "very scarce," one archaeologist says. The drawings show dozens of animals, as well as more abstract shapes, which are distinct from other…
Pope Leo’s November 2026 trip to Latin America will bring him back to Peru, where he served as a priest and bishop for two decades.
Stephanie Shea, a seasoned legal and higher education leader with extensive experience advising academic and research institutions, has been named Caltech's next general counsel.
Researchers at the Francis Crick Institute have identified a specialized lipid barrier in the fruit fly pupa that protects against dehydration in dry and hot environments. Their findings also expose the lipid barrier's limit, suggesting that insects in some regions of the world may struggle to adapt to climate change.
A new study has found that a self-reinforcing interaction between temperature, soil moisture and atmospheric pressure is being triggered at high temperatures, making extreme heat waves 10% hotter than they would otherwise be.
In a healthy pregnancy, a finely tuned maternal immune response prevents the mother's body from rejecting the growing fetus. But in some pregnancies, this response goes haywire, leading to a potentially dangerous complication known as chronic placental inflammation.
