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Laura is an editor and staff writer at IFLScience. She obtained her Master's in Experimental Neuroscience from Imperial ...

These could help us move away from animal testing in drug discovery and open the door to personalized medicine.

This is easily the most detailed analysis of such an ancient tattoo, as it’s rare for skin this old to be preserved.

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A lbert Einstein, recipient of the Nobel Prize in physics for his work on the photoelectric effect and the great physicist ...

“They’re like the songbirds of the Southern Ocean. During the breeding season, if you drop a hydrophone into the water ...