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Scientists Create First Synthetic Cell in Laboratory: What It Means for Medicine
Researchers have created what may be the first fully synthetic living cell, a significant breakthrough in synthetic biology. The technology…
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Neuroscience Validates Freud’s Century-Old Theory of the Predictive Brain
Modern neuroscience's leading theory of the brain as a prediction machine closely mirrors concepts Sigmund Freud proposed over 130 years…
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