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China hopes a giant laboratory 2,300 feet underground is key to beating the US at discovering the secrets of the universe’s most mysterious particles–neutrinos. Slated for completion next year ...

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In a study published in Nature, a team has uncovered new new details about the long association between humans and our stomach bacteria. Since its discovery in 1983, Helicobacter pylori has become ...

Non-fiction publishing is failing its readers. It is pumping out books with supposedly game-changing ideas, without bothering to ensure basic accuracy. These tomes have the appearance of academic ...