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Model microbes such as Escherichia coli hog scientists’ attention, leaving most known bacteria with few publications devoted ...

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Analysing voter turnout and victory margins could help to detect fraudulent elections 1.

Meta’s planned shift away from third party fact-checking in favour of a crowdsourced approach has perplexed those who study ...

Humanities & Social Sciences Communications is a fully open-access, online journal publishing peer-reviewed research from across—and between—all areas of the humanities, behavioral and social ...

Studies reveal how risky play can benefit child development. But encouraging it can be a challenge for parents.

Around 6,000 years ago, a group known as the Cucuteni–Trypillia culture developed egalitarian settlements north of the Black ...

Even in scientific areas in which women are well represented, they are up to 40% more likely than men to leave research ...

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