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PsychologyOn Facebook, you control the slant of the news you choose
Facebook users shield themselves from opposing political ideas more than the site does.
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GeneticsEditing human germline cells sparks ethics debate
Human gene editing experiments raise scientific and societal questions.
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ChemistryBacteria staining method has long been misexplained
New research upends what scientists know about a classic lab technique, called gram staining, used for more than a century to characterized and classify bacteria.
By Beth Mole -
MicrobesPossible nearest living relatives to complex life found in seafloor mud
New phylum of sea-bottom archaea microbes could be closest living relatives yet found to the eukaryote domain of complex life that includes people.