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Tuberculosis’s extraordinary evolution reveals why the ancient disease lives on
We are starting to understand why the bacteria behind tuberculosis is so…
Massaging the neck and face may help flush waste out of the brain
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Rivers are leaking ancient carbon back into the atmosphere
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Why Nobody Understands Quantum Physics review: Great on physics, low on accessibility
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Why avoiding a sixth mass extinction is easier than it sounds
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Why nobody is neurodiverse and nobody is neurotypical
Language is how we make sense of the world: it gives form…
