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A compelling book uncovers little-known aspects of the iconic chemist’s life, and the pioneering — if troubled — careers of ...

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John Hopfield and Geoffrey Hinton pioneered computational methods that enabled the development of neural networks.

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A royal burial site linked to the fearsome Scythian equestrian culture contains evidence of ‘spectral riders’ described in ...

Proportional representation or winner takes all? Here’s how researchers compare the merits of contrasting voting methods.

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Improvements in public health and medicine have lengthened human survival, but science has yet to overcome ageing.

The presidential election in the United States will have global ramifications. Do scientists around the world care who wins?

Nobel Prize in Physiology or Medicine has been awarded jointly to Victor Ambros and Gary Ruvkun "for the discovery of ...

One woman and two men with severe autoimmune conditions have gone into remission after being treated with bioengineered and ...