The way the brain develops can shape us throughout our lives, so neuroscientists are intensely curious about how it happens.

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For centuries, the principle of symmetry has guided physicists towards more fundamental truths, but now a slew of shocking findings suggest a far stranger idea from quantum theory could be a deeper dr ...

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