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Health & Medicine

Ketamine cultivates new nerve cell connections in mice

In mice, ketamine prods nerve cells to connect, which may explain the hallucinogenic drug’s ability to ease depression.

Anthropology

A new hominid species has been found in a Philippine cave, fossils suggest

Cave fossils found in the Philippines come from a newly discovered member of the human lineage, researchers say.

Astronomy

How scientists took the first picture of a black hole

Here’s how scientists connected eight observatories across the world to create one Earth-sized telescope in order to create an image of a black hole.

Astronomy

All you need to know about the history of black holes

From dreaming up black holes to snapping the first picture of one, the history of black holes has had many twists.