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Chronic stress and social isolation are frequently cited as precursors to physical illness, yet the biological machinery driving this connection has remained partially obscured. A new scientific ...

Studying one of the simplest animals, Stanford's Prakash Lab uncovered how it folds itself into complex shapes—revealing new ...

Discover Jan Tinbergen's groundbreaking work in econometrics and dynamic macroeconomic models that earned him the first Nobel Prize in Economics in 1969.