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DNA sequencing is one of today's most critical scientific fields, powering leaps in humanity's understanding of genetic causes of cancer, neurodegenerative diseases, and diabetes. One issue facing the ...

Single-celled organisms have more complex DNA epigenetic code than multicellular life, researchers discover by Queen Mary, University of London edited by Sadie Harley, reviewed by Robert Egan Editors' ...

Science fiction has long speculated about the possibility of first contact with an alien species from a distant world and how we might be able to communicate with them. But what if we simply don’t ...

CARBONDALE, Pa. — On Saturday, hundreds went to the Carbondalien Festival in Lackawanna County, which helped folks lean into the things that make us weird. Kristina Zenga, from Easton, spoke on some ...

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Warning: Spoilers below for Pluribus, Episodes 1 & 2. The initial episodes of Pluribus waste no time in establishing its high-concept premise. The story centers on the global spread of a mysterious ...