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Nearly 50 years after its development, only a handful of creatures have passed the self-awareness exam. A new attempt with fish highlights a debate over the test’s use and meaning.

The agency warns that plasma treatments costing thousands of dollars, which supposedly treat the infirmities of old age, have not been proven “safe or effective.”

High salt concentrations are present in the affected skin of people with atopic dermatitis and promote the differentiation of the T helper cells involved in the development of allergic diseases.

The manuscript had amassed more than 50 comments about problematic figures and data on PubPeer.

The large-scale experiments aim to test how the technology would fare in the wild, if deployed to knock down populations of the pests.

Certain adaptations identified in the fish’s DNA linked to wound healing, cancer protection, and a long life.

China’s ongoing Belt and Road Initiative passes through areas that are already at risk of swapping organisms.

Authors of a new paper take issue with revisions to regulations on biospecimen research enacted last month, and argue that cell lines should be treated differently from other biospecimens.

The treatment will be tested in a handful of patients who suffered nerve damage in sports or traffic accidents.

Students, especially racial minorities, tend to perform worse when professors believe intelligence is fixed

The pea-size machine uses body fluids as fuel to propel itself through the digestive tract.

Scientists at the University of Puerto Rico suffered major setbacks due to damages and delays in repairs, and government austerity measures are adding insult to injury.