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Researchers find pathologic hallmarks of Alzheimer's disease in aged chimpanzee brains

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New look at archaic DNA rewrites human evolution story

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Rare audio of indigenous languages saved by invention 100 years later

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NSF issues awards to advance a national research infrastructure for neuroscience

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Kent State researchers help find pathologic hallmarks of Alzheimer's in aged chimpanzee brains

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NSF Research Traineeship program makes 17 new awards

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Toddlers begin learning rules of reading, writing at very early age, study finds

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Well-designed visual aids improve risk understanding

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Higher cognitive abilities linked to greater risk of stereotyping, new study finds

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New report concludes social, behavioral and economic sciences help advance national health, prosperity and defense

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Ecological underpinnings of rural poverty

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The Rhythms of Sign Language

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Study reveals the hidden ways math helps us in everyday life

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Increased sample size in 2015 Survey of Doctorate Recipients enables first time reporting on fine fields of study

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Report: In 2015, US institutions awarded most doctorates ever recorded

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People lived in chilly Andean highlands year-round over 7,000 years ago

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Utah is home to earliest use of a wild potato in North America

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Researchers document early, permanent human settlement in Andes

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African leopards revealed: Study documents minute-to-minute behavior of elusive cats

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New flood study reveals America's most vulnerable communities

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Study reveals America's most flood-vulnerable communities

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Students of all races feel safer in ethnically diverse middle schools, UCLA researchers report

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MIT researchers refine yardstick for measuring schools

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'Big Food' companies have less power than you might think

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Monkey see, monkey do, depending on age, experience and efficiency

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Cellphone use and distracted driving begins in the mind

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Fossil skeleton confirms earliest primates were tree dwellers

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In a drought, over-irrigated lawns lose 70 billion gallons of water a year

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Two types of empathy elicit different health effects, Penn psychologist shows

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