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Your nightly rest turns out to affect your mind and health more than anyone suspected.

Albert Einstein created his most famous theory amid personal strife, political tension and a scientific rivalry that almost cost him the glory of his discovery.

The National Commission on Terrorist Attacks Upon the United States, also known as the 9-11 Commission, was created by congressional legislation and the signature of President George W. Bush in late 2002. This independent, bipartisan commission had the task of producing a full and complete account of the circumstances surrounding the attack, including preparedness and immediate response, and providing recommendations designed to guard against future attacks.

We already have the means to skip ahead in time, but going backward is a different wormhole.

"The Proton Radius Problem": Scientists may be witnessing the signs of a whole new realm of physics. "Remembrance of All Things Past": Some people can recall details from their distant past as if the events happened yesterday. "An Indirect Way to Tame Cancer": Researchers are fighting cells and a material called the matrix in an effort to combat cancer. "Mind Games": Video games could transform education.

Last weekend I watched Jurassic Park for the first time in years. Still awed by the seemingly realistic, long-extinct animals, I started wondering: What would happen if they escaped the remote Pacific island where they had been created and made it to land? The only dino in the movie series to make it to a continent was a Tyrannosaurus rex in The Lost World: Jurassic Park. And it had been shipped to San Diego by stupid humans.

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Self-control is not just a puritanical virtue. It is a key psychological trait that breeds success at work and play - and in overcoming life’s hardships.

How digital transparency became a force of nature. No secret is safe in the digital age. The implications for our institutions are downright Darwinian.

Neuroscience has demonstrated that meditation has tangible and significant benefits for both body and mind.

In 2011, a group of scientists .turned mice gay.. The only issue is, of course, they didn.t.

Dozens of particles from halfway across the universe have landed in the IceCube experiment at the South Pole. These messengers could help answers some long-standing cosmic conundrums.

Sugar study says a lot about our bodies and little about our diet.

Twin study shows distinct patterns of markers along stretches of the genome.

Many human species have inhabited Earth. But ours is the only one that colonized the entire planet. A new hypothesis explains why.

An ongoing series. The editorial staff of The New York Times creates a digest for fax, email, and electronic delivery to destinations all over the world. Now, Audible has partnered with the Times to make the digest available in audio. Every weekday at 6:00 a.m. EST, The New York Times Audio Digest on Audible.com includes stories from the front page, international, national, business, journal, sports, and editorial sections of The New York Times.

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Being picked on by peers worse threat than child abuse, study suggests.

In my quest to explore the unknown frontier inside my own body, I stumbled upon one of the most intractable problems facing science.

"Better Than Earth": Planets quite different from our own may be the best homes for life in the future. "Will We Still Enjoy Pinot Noir?": Winegrowers are trying to preserve the flavor of your favorite reds and whites as climate change alters the compounds in grapes. "In Search of Sunken Treasure": Scientists are using exotic technologies to excavate underwater shipwrecks with the same precision as an archaeological dig. "A Weakness in Bacteria’s Fortress": Evolutionary biologists are trying to attack bacteria in a new way.

A previously hidden genetic link between native peoples in Australia and the Amazon has inspired two different teams of researchers to reach competing conclusions about the origins of Native Americans.