There are three types of cognitive reserve that can protect against decline as we age. Columnist Helen Thomson explores the ...

We use the Navier-Stokes equations every day, for applications from building rockets to designing drugs. But sometimes they ...

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When rocks fracture in underground faults, they generate a variety of chemical compounds that could provide more energy sources for microbes in Earth’s depths ...