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In 1998, astronomers discovered dark energy. The finding, which transformed our conception of the cosmos, came with a little-known consequence: It threw a wrench into the already daunting task of ...

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Alzheimer’s has long been considered irreversible, but new research challenges that assumption. Scientists discovered that severe drops in the brain’s energy supply help drive the disease—and ...

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Researchers found that the body’s natural recycling system, the lysosome, plays a vital role in removing the protein that drives premature aging. When this system breaks down, aging speeds up. By ...

Named after a pair of psychologists who described it in a classic 1999 paper, the Dunning-Kruger effect describes a common dynamic most of us have observed in everyday life. People who know the least ...

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Multiple arrests have been made in Connecticut that authorities believe related to vehicle break-ins under investigation in least two Michigan communities. The Dundee Police Department reported the ...