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Roland Griffiths, Who Led a Renaissance in Psychedelics, Dies at 77

The drugs had been the third rail of scientific inquiry. But in a landmark study, he saw them as a…

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Scientists Offer a New Explanation for Long Covid

In some patients, remnants of the coronavirus in the gut may stifle production of serotonin, an important neurotransmitter, researchers suggest.

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Lab Leak Fight Casts Chill Over Virology Research

Scientists doing “gain-of-function” research said that heightened fears of lab leaks are stalling studies that could thwart the next pandemic…

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Facing Scrutiny, a Museum That Holds 12,000 Human Remains Changes Course

The American Museum of Natural History said it would address its collecting of remains, which stretched into the 1940s and…

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Ryuzo Yanagimachi, Researcher Who Cloned Mice, Dies at 95

Working separately from the Scottish team that had earlier cloned Dolly the sheep, he and his team pioneered an easier,…

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Scientists Investigating Alzheimer’s Drug Faulted in Leaked Report

A professor at the City College of New York engaged in “significant research misconduct,” an expert committee concluded.

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The Most Important Eight Hours of Your Day? They Weren’t Always.

Kenneth Miller’s “Mapping the Darkness” takes on the turbulent study of sleeping, its heroes and villains and its ongoing fight…

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Gender Surgeries Nearly Tripled From 2016 Through 2019, Study Finds

The number of procedures rose to roughly 13,000 in 2019 from about 4,550 in 2016 as access broadened, researchers estimated.

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Nuclear War Could End the World, but What if It’s All in Our Heads?

Some experts want to apply recent neuroscience research to the decision making that could lead to doomsday.

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University Departures Put Student Journalists in Spotlight

The president of Stanford and the head football coach at Northwestern left their positions after being scrutinized in campus newspapers.

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