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Sorting through decades of movie and TV kitchens turns up a handful of characters who'd earn real trust with a set of knives and a full pantry.

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A simple question about pond algae led scientists to a way of turning brain cells on and off with a flash of blue light. This ...

Now optogenetics will evolve into a revolutionary technique that allows scientists to switch individual nerve cells on and ...

It wasn't that the doorbell had rung.A little past seven on a Thursday evening, Takuya Yoshino, who had just finished work ...

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Japan has declared the small Indian mongoose extinct on Amami Oshima after decades of trapping, detection dogs and monitoring, allowing several native species to recover from the invasive predator.