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Health & MedicineSome brains may be primed for pain
When people keep hurting long after an injury heals, a process similar to addiction may be at work.
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AnimalsClimate adaptation may be a family affair
Newborn coral reef fish can cope with changed water conditions if their parents have already adjusted.
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GeneticsConvenience shoulders tomato taste aside
Decades of breeding for uniform color in unripe fruit may accidentally have reduced flavor.
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ArchaeologyOldest pottery comes from Chinese cave
New dates show that East Asian hunter-gatherers fired up cooking vessels 20,000 years ago.