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In a tribe with limited resources, hunters and gatherers sometimes needed to go far away to find food, water, and goods. They may have had to cut wild weeds, climb mountains or cross deep waters, venturing into unknowns that the rest of the tribe did not visit. But the important thing was that they eventually came back with things that were valuable to their kin.
Scientists are doing similar things now, venturing into less tangible territories, bringing back knowledge and discoveries. This journey may involve math theories, laws of physics buried beneath seven textbooks, or a long list of strange names we gave the various parts of our brain – stuff we can’t all take the time to absorb. The important thing is that scientists come back with findings for everyone, and when we’re lucky, ways we can make our lives and society better if we choose to do so.
Everyone should be able to understand scientific discoveries without having the long education needed to uncover them, because science affects us all. This page contains some articles written in a way to help make this possible.
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- Pain Is Contagious – one of my discoveries that revealed pain can transfer between mice through smell. What could this mean for humans?