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Our brains are large compared with other animals, so it is tempting to assume there was an evolutionary advantage to them - but that may not be true at all

SpudCell is a new cell-like platform that can feed, grow and divide like a normal cell - but it's not yet a perfect re-creation of the real thing.

Fossils, stone tools and seashells in Turkey show that Neanderthals and the Homo sapiens who moved in later had the same hunting strategies and symbolic traditions even without overlapping at the site, suggesting they ma...

A series of experiments shows that bees respond differently to tastes depending on their internal states, hinting that they have something akin to our emotions

A cave on the Turkish Mediterranean coast was inhabited first by Neanderthals and then Homo sapiens, but the continuity of tools and personal objects suggests there was some sharing of culture between the two species

Fraunhofer ILT in Aachen has developed a highly complex laser-optical system for a quantum computer currently under construction at the 5th Institute of Physics at the University of Stuttgart. This system enables 2,000 R...

A new study demonstrates that adherence to a Mediterranean diet significantly boosts positive psychological well-being (autonomy, purpose, and self-realization) in people over 50. The research proved this protective nutr...

A new study introduces an affordable, soft pneumatic exoskeleton glove that restores grasping function in individuals with hand paralysis. Driven by the eXprt innovation network, the system uses machine learning to decod...

Physicists isolated the 'last sound' of an enormous black hole collision, providing an unprecedented glimpse of the region next to the event horizon.

A new study links the tire rubber pollutant 6PPD-quinone (6PPD-Q) to Alzheimer's disease pathways. Using machine learning and network pharmacology, the team discovered that 6PPD-Q binds to three core predictor genes ...

Multilingualism slows brain aging along a definitive gradient. Utilizing a machine-learning "brain aging clock" driven by magnetoencephalography data, the study demonstrated that speaking two, three, or four lang...

The BCG vaccine remodels the human brains immune environment via trained immunity. Tracking older adults over one year, researchers demonstrated that BCG enhances central nervous system immune cell responsiveness and low...

A new study demonstrates that the human brain constructs multidimensional social maps from narrative experiences using rivalries as primary anchors.

A new study demonstrates that subclinical cardiac dysfunction predicts microscopic tissue degradation in Alzheimers-linked brain regions.

In our efforts to keep our brains healthy, how do we know what is working? Helen Thomson explores a new generation of tests that can reveal whether our efforts are paying off

A new study demonstrates that combining fMRI brain connectivity, cognitive reward testing, and clinical markers to guide antidepressant selection increases patient response rates by nearly 67%.

A woman's abdominal discomfort turned out to be caused by a build up of food in her stomach. And the treatment involved diet soda.

Neutron sources can be directly identified from measured spectra rather than proxies using inference tools adapted from cosmology, according to a University of Michigan Engineering study published in Physical Review Appl...

How much sunscreen should you be using, when should you apply it, and are there any downsides to doing so? Skin cancer expert Rachel Neale is here to answer all of these questions and more

Similar concepts in different languages share an address in the brain. The post How the Bilingual Brain Switches Languages With Ease appeared first on SingularityHub.

A TED talk and then a film, William Kamkwambas story of how he worked to provide his rural Malawian village with electricity has now been turned into a musical - and it mostly works, says Bethan Ackerley

The fate of the Atlantic Ocean current that keeps Europes climate warm depends on our carbon emissions and the rate of ice melt from Greenland, but there is a chance that a shutdown is already inevitable