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Fast Or Slow, It Was Already Decided Before ‘Go’

Research suggests that runners’ neural activity just before the start of a race can predict miniscule variations in reaction times.

Asia’s Rising Scientists: Pham Quang Cuong

As part of our monthly Asia's Rising Scientists series, we talk to Pham Quang Cuong, assistant professor at Singapore's Nanyang Technological University.

Joi Ito: Cyber Security Is Like An Immune System

Cyber security is like an immune system: you don’t get stronger by completely shielding yourself from any germs, says Mr. Joichi Ito, director of the MIT Media Lab.

Yamanaka: iPSCs Could Help Fill Our Blood Banks

Imagine a world where we no longer need blood donors, says Professor Shinya Yamanaka, Nobel laureate and inventor of induced pluripotent stem cell technology.

Three Billion-Year-Old Rocks Contain Plankton

Researchers from Japan and the United States have discovered microfossils of plankton in three billion-year-old rocks.

Study Sheds Light Into How Green Algae Engulfed Bacteria Billions Of Years Ago

A new study offers a glimpse at how early organisms dating back more than one billion years may have acquired free-living photosynthetic cells.