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Lincoln's S. Kathleen Lyons is providing a new framework—Earth system engineering—for examining how organisms, including ...

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The Black Widow spider is not to be messed with. This highly venomous spider is feared by many—but, as this identification ...

A team from the University of Illinois has uncovered surprising evolutionary links between the genetic code and tiny protein ...

Shenzhen doesn’t exactly have a reputation for slowing down. But when Design Shenzhen rolled back into town just last weekend in September, one of its most intriguing features was all about doing just ...

On the standout song from her 1986 concert film Home of the Brave, the avant-garde artist seemed to anticipate a pop culture phenomenon still 20 years away.

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