Science
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[:eu]Memory-enhancing drug reverses effects of traumatic brain injury in mice[:]
[:eu]Whether caused by a car accident that slams your head into the dashboard or repeated blows to your cranium from high-contact sports, traumatic brain injury can be permanent. There are […]
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[:eu]Extinction that killed the dinosaurs may have led to frog explosion[:]
[:eu]The ancestors of this red-eyed tree frog (Agalychnis callidryas) may have gotten their big break thanks to the same mass extinction that wiped out the dinosaurs. [:]
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[:eu]These orbiting black holes may be locked in one of the universe’s tightest embraces[:]
[:eu]In the heart of a huge, warped galaxy about 750 million light-years from Earth, a dance is unfolding. And the dancers—two of the largest black holes on record—may be orbiting […]
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[:eu]Curiosity rover decides—by itself—what to investigate on Mars[:]
[:eu]NASA’s Curiosity rover landed on Mars in 2012, in part to analyze rocks to see whether the Red Planet was ever habitable (or inhabited). But now the robot has gone […]
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[:eu]Computers are starting to reason like humans[:]
[:eu]How many parks are near the new home you’re thinking of buying? What’s the best dinner-wine pairing at a restaurant? These everyday questions require relational reasoning, an important component of […]
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[:eu]Can fake names tease out NIH reviewer bias?[:]
[:eu]When the label “white male” is attached to a research grant application, do peer reviewers give it a better score?[:]
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[:eu]Potential building block of life found in very young star system[:]
[:eu]Two teams of researchers report today that they have detected a prebiotic molecule—a potential building block of life—around newly formed sun-like stars. The molecule, methyl isocyanate, has a structure that […]
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[:eu]Ravens remember people who suckered them into an unfair deal[:]
[:eu]Ravens can not only differentiate between “fair” and “unfair” individuals, but they retain that ability for at least a month[:]
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[:eu]Superantibiotic is 25,000 times more potent than its predecessor[:]
[:eu]The world’s last line of defense against disease-causing bacteria just got a new warrior: vancomycin 3.0. Its predecessor—vancomycin 1.0—has been used since 1958 to combat dangerous infections like methicillin-resistant Staphylococcus […]