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Social connections influence brain structures of rhesus macaques

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Impact of public health guidance is focus of new NSF partnership with Social Science Research Council

Collective motion in crowds is largely determined by individual fields of vision

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Migrants from south carrying maize were early Maya ancestors

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Ancient DNA confirms marine mammal tuberculosis strains were found in inland people

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Ancient DNA reveals surprises about how early humans lived, traveled and interacted

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'Strengthening American Infrastructure' expands, offers new funding opportunities

Ancient discovery reveals new knowledge of early Mesopotamian farming

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Humans reached remote North Atlantic islands centuries earlier than thought

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NSF and William T. Grant Foundation partner on youth-focused research

Were the ancient Maya an agricultural cautionary tale? Maybe not, new study suggests

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Study suggests use of bone tools to produce clothing dates back 120,000 years

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NSF supports infrastructure-focused research projects grounded in behavioral and social science

NSF builds scientific capacity at more than 20 minority-serving institutions in 12 states

Metabolism changes with age, but not when people might think

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Heat-related symptoms affected one-quarter of Americans in summer 2020

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Developing a taste for carbs wasn't necessarily a bad thing

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How humans evolved a super-high cooling capacity

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NSF-supported researchers achieve two-way communication with dreaming people

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Noise and light pollution affect breeding habits in birds

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How'd we get so choosy about friendships late in life? Ask the chimps

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Forest margins may be more resilient to climate change than previously thought

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Modern humans reached westernmost Europe 5,000 years earlier than previously known

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Ancient Maya reservoirs contained toxic pollution

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Largest, oldest Maya monument suggests importance of communal work

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New and diverse experiences linked to enhanced happiness, new study shows

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Researchers to measure 'coronavirus slide' in kids' reading skills

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Creativity feels (really) good for some: Aha! + Aaaah

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Ancient teeth from Peru hint that now-extinct monkeys crossed the Atlantic from Africa

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Where in the brain does creativity come from? Evidence from jazz musicians

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