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Genetic conflict with the fetus influences when women give birth

Longer-lasting pregnancies lead to larger babies but also riskier births, but some genes may have let women and fetuses find a middle ground

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Stunning image shows the developing nervous system in a chick embryo

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Drug overdose deaths have quadrupled among older US adults

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rippled graphene with dissociated hydrogen atoms on top

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Graphene with ripples could help make better hydrogen fuel cells

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An embryo developing in the uterus at 8 weeks, 9 weeks and 10 weeks

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Miscarriages may be more likely to occur with slow developing embryos

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Images and caption info from the book Your Brain on Art Universe of Water Particles on a Rock where People Gather ? teamLab The interdisciplinary arts collective teamLab created an audience-driven experience in Tokyo called teamLab Borderless that brings the natural world to life. See image E in the color insert. The collective incorporates light, sound, and visual effects that feel as though you are part of the art, and that seem to transcend our normal perceptions of time and place. As you meander through the space, you are able to manipulate the surroundings through touch, and to watch as digital flowers bloom, and die, and bloom again. We often think of ourselves as individuals separate from our surroundings, from nature, but this stunning interactive museum dissolves the boundary between art and the viewer, allowing you to feel your surroundings in a visceral way. Composed of artists, programmers, engineers, CG animators, mathematicians, and architects, teamLab represents the exciting, transdisciplinary collaborations of the future.

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Your Brain on Art review: Fascinating guide needs a bit more science

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Credit: David Blandy, Atomic Light, installation view, John Hansard Gallery, 2023. Courtesy the artist. Photo: Reece Straw

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Atomic Light review: Solar astronomers rescue an uneven installation

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Maternal mortality rate in the US rose drastically in 2021

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A transmission electron micrograph of HIV virus particles (pink) replicating from the plasma membrane of an infected immune cell

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Umbilical blood stem cell transplant puts woman in HIV remission

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Daylight saving time change, spring forward

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Saving Time review: We need a longer sense of time – based on nature

Why do we have clocks? An ambitious new book from Jenny Odell deconstructs their origins and argues for more nature-based measures

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US approves controversial Willow oil drilling project in Alaska

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Changes to surrogacy laws must consider future reproductive technology

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Soil bacteria enzyme generates electricity from hydrogen in the air

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Covid-19 vaccines during pregnancy protect newborns from infection

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