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Psychology

Brain training technique gets a critique

In a new study, a popular style of memory workout leaves reasoning and mental agility flat.

Health & Medicine

Black women may have highest multiple sclerosis rates

Large study counters common assumption that whites get MS more.

Humans

Europe is one big family

Continent's ancestry merges about 30 generations ago, genetic study finds

Space

Atom’s core gets pear-shaped

Tapering asymmetry of some nuclei confirms predictions.

Animals

Tongue bristles help bats lap up nectar

High-speed videos capture stretched-out tongue bumps that stretch out so nectar-feeding bats can slurp up their food.