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Oxygen deprivation counters deadly mitochondrial disease in animals
For most creatures, oxygen is life. But biology is complicated, and researchers hoping to treat diseases in which our cells’ energy-providing machinery is faulty now suggest the opposite may also […]
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No monkeying around: toddlers as inventive as wild apes at using tools
Whether digging for insects or cracking nuts, children, like apes, work out how to use tools to solve problems without learning from others, research shows
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New ‘Stentrode’ Goes Deep Inside the Brain Without the Need for Brain Surgery
Researchers from the University of Melbourne have developed a matchstick-sized stent that can be inserted through a vein in a patient’s neck and the delivered to a suitable eavesdropping location […]
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New Ways Into the Brain’s ‘Music Room’
M.I.T. researchers have devised a radical approach to brain imaging that reveals what past studies missed about neural responses to music.
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Why is it so hard to squash a cockroach?
Insects, whether they creep or fly, live in a world of hard knocks. Who has not stepped on a cockroach, then raised her shoe to watch the creature get up […]
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How Women Can Lean In Without Backlash
Many women understand that if they act too assertively, they will face backlash. They will seem unlikeable. But while extensive research has documented this phenomenon, some studies have failed to […]
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The secret to staying young? Scientists boost lifespan of mice by deleting defective cells
Researchers managed to increase the lifespan of mice by an impressive 25% by deleting “senescent” cells, dysfunctional cells which build up as we age and cause damage to tissue. Crucially, […]
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Consciousness may be the product of carefully balanced chaos
Is my yellow the same as your yellow? Does your pain feel like my pain? The question of whether the human consciousness is subjective or objective is largely philosophical. But […]
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Alphabet Program Beats the European Human Go Champion
Artificial intelligence researchers are closing in on a new benchmark for comparing the human mind and a machine. On Wednesday, DeepMind, a research organization that operates under the umbrella of […]
