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Supercomputing Software Speeds Up Brain Simulation
Computational neuroscientists have taken a divide and conquer approach to simulating the complexity of the brain.
How Plants Use Tails To Distinguish Friend And Foe
Foreign RNA lacks the tell-tale tail, marking it for destruction by the plant immune system.
China Ramps Up Plans To Put Man On The Moon
How soon will China be able to put a man on the moon? Give them about three years, says our Final Frontiers columnist.
Expanding The Mouse Genome
Scientists have genetically modified mice so that they are able to incorporate unnatural amino acids into proteins in a controllable way.
Could Dark Matter Lie Beyond The Portal?
A dark axion portal could link the observable Universe to dark matter, which occupies 70 percent of the Universe but remains poorly understood.
High Pressure Makes Super-Hard Ceramic Transparent
Windows made of cubic silicon nitride can withstand temperatures of up to 1,400 degrees Celsius.
Damsel In Distress: Insect Courtship Trapped In 100-Million-Year-Old Amber
To introduce themselves to females, prehistoric male damselflies waved their hindlegs.
New Tree-Climbing Crab Found In Hong Kong
In the eastern coast of Hong Kong, a previously unknown crab species that can climb trees is lurking.
Making Mulch Ado Of Ant Hills
Ants, which account for half of all insect biomass in the world, are beneficial to agriculture in more ways than one.












