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Scientist who discovered body's 'fire alarm' against invading bacteria wins $250,000 Lasker prize
One of this year's coveted Lasker Awards has gone to Zhijian "James" Chen, a scientist behind a key immune-system discovery.
Scientists who laid groundwork for weight-loss drugs win Lasker medical award
One of the researchers described the circumstances that led to the discovery as “serendipity.” This year’s prestigious Lasker ...
WHO faces criticism over allegedly corrupted and industry-biased research on contaminated drinking water: 'This is unprecedented'
"The proposed WHO guidelines are derived using a seemingly arbitrary technology-based approach and are far less protective ...
Scientists who discovered mammals can breathe through their anuses receive Ig Nobel prize
The world still holds many unanswered questions. But thanks to the efforts of the research teams awarded the IG Nobel Prize ...
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Who Is The Party Scientist? Meet the Expert on the Science of Joy and Human Connection
Jacques W. Martiquet, better known as The Party Scientist, turns to music, neurotransmitters and the science of joy to ...
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The AI expert who says artificial general intelligence is nonsense
Artificial intelligence has more in common with ants than humans, says Neil Lawrence. Only by taking a more nuanced view of ...
Could there be a Kamala Harris landslide in November? The data scientist who correctly called the last election is betting yes
The election has "gone from a drastic landslide in Trump's direction to a drastic landslide for Harris," marvels Northwestern ...
Scientists studying ‘Parkinson’s belt’ believe disease is linked to chemicals
The “Parkinson’s Belt” is a series of regions in the U.S. with unusually high rates of the disease. Some scientists believe ...
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Just how rare is a rare-colored lobster? Scientists say answer could be under the shell
A wave of odd-colored lobsters has showed up in fishers' traps, supermarket seafood tanks and scientists’ laboratories over the last year BIDDEFORD, Maine -- Orange, blue, calico, two-toned and ...
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Scientists who discovered mammals can breathe through their butts awarded ‘Ig Nobel Prize’
They’re a major ass-et to science. A team of Japanese scientists who discovered mammals can breathe through their butts — a procedure that could eventually help sick humans get oxygen ...
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Scientists who discovered mammals can breathe through their anuses receive Ig Nobel prize
Among those collecting their prizes was a Japanese research team led by Ryo Okabe and Takanori Takebe who discovered that mammals can breathe through their anuses. They say in their paper that ...