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Major Advance Made in Understanding the Birth and Early Evolution of the Universe

New Insights Into the Smell of Death Could Help Recover Bodies in Disasters and Solve Crimes

Male Sex Chromosome Losing Genes by Rapid Evolution, Study Reveals

Active Genes Discovered in the Developing Mammal Brain

Penn State Astronomers Ranked High in Scientific Impact

Secrets Revealed About How Disease-Causing DNA Mutations Occur

Awards and Honors

McCoullum Wins Forum on Black Affairs Humanitarian Award

Awards and Honors

Melissa Rolls Honored as Pew Scholar in the Biomedical Sciences

New "Timetree of Life" Initiative Illuminates the Antiquity of Life on Earth

Unusual Shape of Exploded Star Puzzles Scientists

Hydrothermal Vent Expedition is Educational Experience for Scientists and Middle-School Students

Mobile DNA Elements in Woolly Mammoth Genome Give New Clues to Mammalian Evolution