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[:es]Male scientists are far more likely to be referred to by their last names, impacting status and awards[:]

[:es]Darwin, Newton, Einstein. When scientists reach a certain level of fame, first names need not apply. That’s especially true if the scientist is a man, according to a new study. […]
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[:es]Neanderthal ‘minibrains’ grown in dish[:]

[:es]A recent marriage of three hot fields—ancient DNA, the genome editor CRISPR, and “organoids” built from stem cells—offers a provocative, if very preliminary, new option. At least two research teams […]
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[:es]Africa’s strangest trees are stranger than thought—and they’re dying mysteriously[:]

[:es]Africa’s baobab tree looks like something from a Dr. Seuss book. When young, the species (Adansonia digitata) is single-stemmed, branchless, and sports fruit that resembles giant sausages. Now, researchers report […]
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[:es]This saltwater trout evolved to live in freshwater—in just 100 years[:]

[:es]Although we tend to think of evolution as happening over thousands, if not millions, of years, critical changes can take little more than a century. That’s what happened with a […]
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[:es]The Great Barrier Reef has had five near-death experiences in the past 30,000 years[:]

[:es]Thirteen thousand years ago, as the last ice age ended, entire stretches of Australia’s Great Barrier Reef perished. Rising sea levels blanketed the world’s largest collection of corals with sediment […]
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[:es]The war on gluten[:]

[:es] What’s really behind ‘gluten sensitivity’?[:]
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[:es]Neandertals, Stone Age people may have voyaged the Mediterranean[:]

[:es]A decade ago, when excavators claimed to have found stone tools on the Greek island of Crete dating back at least 130,000 years, other archaeologists were stunned—and skeptical. But since […]
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[:es]How one cell gives rise to an entire body[:]

[:es]One of biology’s great mysteries is how a single fertilized egg gives rise to the multitude of cell types, tissues, and organs that fit together to make a body. Now, […]
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[:es]Malaria infection creates a ‘human perfume’ that makes us more attractive to mosquitoes[:]

[:es]The parasite that causes malaria can change the way you smell, making you more attractive to mosquitoes, according to a new study. The work may help explain why the disease […]