Teaching community organizers via WhatsApp yields encouraging results in South Africa, according to MIT Governance Lab research.
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Sharing food and kissing are among the signals babies use to interpret their social world, according to a new study.
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Using magnetic nanoparticles, scientists stimulate the adrenal gland in rodents to control release of hormones linked to stress.
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