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Coronavirus in the Brain
More than one-third of COVID-19 patients experience neurological symptoms.
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How Do We Sense Temperature and Pressure?
David Julius and Ardem Patapoutian just won the 2021 Nobel Prize in Physiology or Medicine for their research on the receptors that sense touch and temperature. We spoke with them about their work in 2020.
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Specialized cells in the nose convert chemicals in the air into the experience of smell.
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