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A Billion More Tons of Plastic Could Blanket Earth by 2040

An unprecedented look at dopamine in the brain reveals that psychosis drugs get developed with the wrong neurons in mind.

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An unprecedented look at dopamine in the brain reveals that psychosis drugs get developed with the wrong neurons in mind.
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Everyone Was Wrong About Antipsychotics

Covid-19 cases are slowly increasing across the US for the fourth summer in a row.

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Covid-19 cases are slowly increasing across the US for the fourth summer in a row.
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Covid’s Summer Wave Is Rising—Again

A prosthetic arm that connects directly to the nervous system gives the user fine control over the motions of individual fingers—just by thinking and trying to move.

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A prosthetic arm that connects directly to the nervous system gives the user fine control over the motions of individual fingers—just by thinking and trying to move.
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A Billion More Tons of Plastic Could Blanket Earth by 2040

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