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For decades, imposters pretending to be the Grand Duchess Anastasia successfully conned their host families. Research into the reasons people fall for online scammers can help explain how. ...read more

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Industrial-scale agriculture has changed the make up of our atmosphere. So "exofarms" ought to be visible on Earth-like planets orbiting other stars. ...read more

Consistently hotter temperatures could affect the feeding of great apes. ...read more

Danish researchers have isolated a compound that may provide an alternative to opiates. ...read more

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