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For decades, patients whose colorectal cancer has spread to the liver in limited numbers have faced a frustrating gap in evidence: two widely used curative-intent...

One of nature’s most infamous cheats has offered up a genetic surprise. The common cuckoo, a bird famous for laying its eggs in the nests...

A provocative new analysis has called into question one of the most celebrated promises of social robotics: that friendly machines can ethically help autistic children...

Beneath every plant, the narrow sleeve of soil hugging its roots—the rhizosphere—is one of the most chemically active zones on Earth. Roots leak sugars, organic...

Vitamin B12 deficiency is one of the most common nutritional problems in modern medicine, yet a new consensus from Brazil has delivered a strikingly honest...

Aquaculture is one of the fastest growing food sectors on the planet, but raising fish at high density in closed systems creates a stubborn chemical...

Sugar beet is one of the world’s most important sources of sugar, yet like nearly every crop plant that has passed through the bottleneck of...

For decades, salicylic acid has been known as the chemical alarm bell of the plant world. When pathogens attack, levels of this simple hormone surge...

Grafting has long been the workhorse of clonal tree propagation, but a new study in BMC Plant Biology has pulled back the curtain on why...

Every heartbeat sends a faint mechanical shudder through the chest wall and the rest of the body. For more than two decades, researchers have tried...

Aroma complexity is one of those words that everyone in the wine, coffee, tea, and spirits worlds uses, yet almost nobody can measure. It evokes...

Deep in the cold waters of Dal Lake in Srinagar lives a fish that has long puzzled scientists trying to untangle its family tree. Schizothorax...

Bitcoin was designed to move money without banks, borders, or names attached to the transactions. That same design, however, has made the world’s largest cryptocurrency...

A sweeping new analysis of a decade of agricultural research suggests that the way we farm may shape not only what grows in our fields,...

Community pharmacists in Saudi Arabia are among the most accessible healthcare professionals in the country, yet a new cross-sectional study suggests they are falling short...