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Nature asked the world’s largest health-research funders what they are doing to study a life stage experienced by half of humanity. Here is what some of them told us.

Jan. 22, 2025 — Pathogen-fighting immune cells called tissue-resident memory CD8 T cells (TRM cells) go through a surprising transformation -- and relocation -- as they fight infections in the ...

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We’re closing out the year with a roundup of the science stories that stood out to our editors in 2024. There are so many species facing extinction—but today we’re telling stories about the ...

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In the US, around one in three homes is in this type of high-risk zone. So what's the science behind urban fires? And how do we protect ourselves in the face of them? Ira Flatow talks with Dr.

The expanding of the polar vortex – an area of cold air around the Arctic – southwards is causing cold spells in the US.

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Whether free will exists or not, belief in free will is very real. Does it matter if a person believes that her choices are completely her own, and that other people’s choices are freely made, too?