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Imagine feeling a knot in your stomach, or your heart racing, and being unable to tell whether you are feeling anger, anxiety, or excitement.

For millions of people around the globe, this is a daily experience.

It's called alexithymia, a word derived from ancient Greek that means "no words for emotions".

Contrary to some simplifications, it does not mean...


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For years, a mysterious predator haunted the fossil beds of Changma Basin in northwest China.

The site is known for a stunning aviary of fossilized birds, including some of the earliest known specimens from the group that gave rise to modern birds.

But these specimens...


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A new study may have revealed a crucial cog in the biological machinery that spins the wheel of aging.

It's a gene that appears to dictate how fast African turquoise killifish (Nothobranchius furzeri) grow and how quickly they reach reproductive age....


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This week in science: A world record, a world first, and much more!

We start with a scorpion you absolutely don't want to meet.

Thankfully, you probably won't have to worry about running into this critter. After all, this scorpion lived 415 million years ago. Let's just say it's big. Scary big.

This week, we've also got news about a world-first gene ther...


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The human Y chromosome is shrinking.

In the next 5 million years or so, some geneticists think the sex-determining chromosome will vanish completely from our species.

In the meantime, we have a bigger conce...


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