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The People Who Help You Die Better

Jeremy Laurance 06/03/2017

A network of compassionate volunteers caring for their terminally...

Jyotsna Dhawan

How a ‘Hmm That’s Strange’ Moment Led to a Therapeutic Discovery

Nandita Jayaraj and Aashima Dogra 05/03/2017

Jyotsna Dhawan, a scientist talks about her research on...

File Photo: A view is seen from the Amazon Tall Tower Observatory (ATTO) in Sao Sebastiao do Uatuma

Indigenous People Cultivated Trees That Shaped Amazon Landscape

Will Dunham 05/03/2017

Researchers say many tree species populating the Amazon region...

Red Sea Mangroves

Red Sea Mangroves Fight Back in the Face of Global Decline

Hanan Almahasheer 04/03/2017

Mangroves are superheroes on both land and sea, storing...

World's oldest fossils

Canadian Bacteria-Like Fossils May Be Oldest Evidence of Life Yet

Will Dunham 04/03/2017

It was primordial microbes, like those described in a...

FILE PHOTO - A male elephant grazes during an exercise to fit them with advanced satellite radio tracking collar to monitor their movement at the Amboseli National Park in Kenya

Elephants May Sleep Less Than Any Other Mammal

Will Dunham 03/03/2017

Scientists have found that the world's largest land mammal...

A pharmacy employee looks for medication as she works to fill a prescription while working at a pharmacy in New York.

Juno Shuts Down Development of High-Profile Leukaemia Drug After Deaths

Reuters 03/03/2017

The drug, JCAR015, was being tested by Juno in...