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[:es]It’s a basic scary-movie rule: Never show the big, bad monster. Show his shadow, his tooth marks, his trail of slime. But as soon as you show his face, the fright bubble pops.[:]

[:es]Drug development is a notoriously long and difficult process, often taking decades for new antibiotics to move from discovery and development to the shelves at the local pharmacy. But now, a group of researchers believe their new biosensor will speed up this process.[:]

[:es]Can artificial intelligence help wildlife biologists find the last of a rare and treasured species of frog?[:]

[:es]Lie detection using a functional MRI machine, which measures and creates an image of brain activity, is a topic of controversy among legal and neuroscience experts and has yet to land on the courtroom floor.[:]

[:es]Worse, sepsis now contributes to up to half of all deaths of hospitalized patients, making it the eleventh biggest cause of death in the U.S., killing more people than breast cancer, prostate cancer, and AIDS combined.[:]

[:es]As if saying hello, the robot arm waves an iPhone at you. Then, in a few swift maneuvers, the arm and a suite of machinery begin dismantling the phone. First goes the outer casing. Next are the screws and other metal parts, dropping into neat piles. “Meet Liam,” says the voice-over on Apple’s promotional video.…

[:es]As the opioid crisis continues to unfold, doctors and scientists are exploring other ways of fighting pain.[:]

[:eu]There is no proof that dogs can be trained to detect seizures, let alone predict their onset far enough in advance to tell humans about it. What’s more, even the dog trainers themselves don’t guarantee that their dogs can detect every seizure, and there is no regulation to ensure that the dogs were trained properly…

[:eu]As our lives become increasingly surrounded by devices and objects that can communicate, collect, and transmit data, we’re brushing up against the advent of the so-called Internet of Things. Known as IoT in tech-speak, it promises to connect our refrigerators with our toasters, our lights with our thermostats, and our fitness monitors back with our…