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A new study published in the journal Nature Conservation reveals that threatened amphibian species are being inadvertently or illegally sold under incorrect names in digital marketplaces. Using DNA ...

Every person on Earth with blue eyes can trace that trait back to a single genetic change in one individual who lived ...

Scientists have successfully translated an entire viral genome into a format a quantum computer ...

Abstract: With the rapid development of wireless communication technologies, high-precision channel parameter estimation has become increasingly significant for applications such as positioning and ...

Being invited to present research at an international academic conference is an honor for any seasoned professional. But for 16-year-old Lucas Wang, it was an opportunity to kick start what he hopes ...

The National Institutes of Health failed to protect brain scans that an international group of fringe researchers used to argue for the intellectual superiority of white people. Credit...Ben Denzer ...

Uncovering complex disease patterns from large-scale, heterogeneous health data remains a significant challenge. Traditional statistical methods and conventional machine learning algorithms often ...

The original version of this story appeared in Quanta Magazine. If you want to solve a tricky problem, it often helps to get organized. You might, for example, break the problem into pieces and tackle ...