Scientists have found that infants can form surprisingly sophisticated expectations of how novel situations will…
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Nigerian hackers hit their own government
The country’s poverty seems to have inspired some its computer saavy citizens to use their…
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Nigerian hackers hit their own government
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Scientists turn human skin cells directly into neurons, skipping IPS stage
Human skin cells can be converted directly into functional neurons in a period of four…
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Brain’s response to sadness can predict relapses into depression, study shows
A new study shows that when formerly depressed people experience mild states of sadness, their…
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Aging, obsolete cells prime the lungs for pneumonia
Why are older people vulnerable to community-acquired pneumonia? A new study gives an explanation: cells…
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Naturally occurring plant alkaloids could slow down Alzheimer’s disease, study suggests
A family of naturally occurring plant compounds could help prevent or delay memory loss associated…
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Honing household helpers: Computer scientists work toward improving robots’ ability to plan and perform complex actions, domestically and elsewhere
Imagine a robot able to retrieve a pile of laundry from the back of a…
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Extensive protein interaction network controls gene regulation
More than half of your DNA is devoted to regulating how the genes that make…
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Genetic basis for key parasite function in malaria
Snug inside a human red blood cell, the malaria parasite hides from the immune system…