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Scientists mapped separate brain areas for the five senses. Findings reveal a shared neural pathway when focusing on only one of the senses.

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Through a process called accretion, particles in this disk began sticking together, forming planetesimals — the building blocks of planets. Over millions of years, these objects grew larger ...