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How do clouds get their shapes?

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Language isn’t just for communication — it also shapes how sensory experiences are stored in the brain

Our ability to store information about familiar objects depends on the connection between visual and language processing regions in the…

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How Food Color Shapes Taste and Cravings

These days the opposite is true: Culture has shifted such that so-called white foods like white bread or pastas are…

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Are ‘zombie’ skin cells harmful or helpful? The answer may be in their shapes

Senescent skin cells, often referred to as zombie cells because they have outlived their usefulness without ever quite dying, have…

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Wingless shapes the fly intestine

During embryonic development, the intestine of the Drosophila fly divides into distinct chambers thanks to the formation of constrictions at…

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Combination of cosmic processes shapes the size and location of sub-Neptunes

A combination of cosmic processes shapes the formation of one of the most common types of planets outside of our…

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More than marks: How wellbeing shapes academic success

With Australia's National Assessment Program (NAPLAN) beginning today, new research from the University of South Australia highlights a critical but…

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Food & Drink

The Surprising History of 8 Iconic Pasta Shapes

A stroll down the pasta aisle at your local supermarket presents you with a panoply of pasta shapes: tubular penne,…

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Ancient viral DNA shapes early embryo development

Over half of our genomes consists of thousands of remnants of ancient viral DNA, known as transposable elements, which are…

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Brain-connected implants help paralyzed patients feel objects and shapes

For years now, brain-computer interfaces (BCI) have incrementally advanced, giving people with spinal injuries or lost limbs the ability to…

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