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After a decade-long search, some scientists say a growing number of clues point to the existence of a hidden planet in the Kuiper Belt beyond Neptune — and they may soon have the opportunity to find ...

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Fear may be as old as life on Earth. Now, researchers are getting to the bottom of explaining why we love it so much.

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A group of Korean researchers led by Professor Young Min Song from Gwangju Institute of Science and Technology (GIST)designed a new vision system that uses an advanced lens and sensors inspired by ...

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