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Both toddlers and Gifted Word Learner dogs can learn new words by listening to people, providing new insight into the social and cognitive cues involved in learning language.

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Strange Squeaks: A Uniquely Human Gene Alters Mouse “Songs”

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A Way with Words: Using Genomics to Dispel Stuttering Myths

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Researchers Report Decoding Thoughts from fMRI Data

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DNA Analyses Illuminate Origins of Farming, Ancestral Languages

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Ursula Bellugi, Leading Sign Language Neuroscientist, Dies at 91

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Can Mushrooms “Talk” to Each Other?

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Distracted Brains Better at Parsing Unfamiliar Languages: Study

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R. Allen Gardner, Who Taught Chimps to Sign, Dies at 91

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Is Your Brain Wired for Numbers?

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The Ear as a Therapeutic Gateway to the Vagus Nerve

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Universe 25 Experiment

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T Cell Nomenclature Gets an Update

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Freeze-Tolerant Frogs Power Organ Cryopreservation Strategies

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Skip the Wait for Protein Stability Data with Aunty

Skip the Wait for Protein Stability Data with Aunty

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Thermo Scientific X and S Series General Purpose Centrifuges

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January 2026, Issue 1

What Is the Amniotic Fluid Composed of?

The liquid world of fetal development provides a rich source of nutrition and protection tailored to meet the needs of the growing fetus.

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Skip the Wait for Protein Stability Data with Aunty

Skip the Wait for Protein Stability Data with Aunty

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An Automated DNA-to-Data Framework for Production-Scale Sequencing

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Exploring Cellular Organization with Spatial Proteomics

Exploring Cellular Organization with Spatial Proteomics

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Organoid Origins and How to Grow Them

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