Researchers have discovered a new type of neuron that plays a fundamental role in recognition memory -- how the brain registers the difference between new and familiar objects and forms long-term ...

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In a new study published in Science, a Belgian research team explores how genetic switches controlling gene activity define ...

After the preschool years, kids still like cartoons, but they want something more complex than straightforward messages about friendship and sharing. They like a bit of conflict, some bad guys (who ...

Art and science can be aligned in different ways. We describe one use of art as a tool: using ambiguity to evoke curiosity.

Opioids reduce pain by binding to receptors in the brain that receive nerve signals ... case scenario for this key pipeline program,” biotechnology analyst Brian Abrahams said in a research ...

What do we see in the bustling corridors of Silicon Valley, the research labs of Boston, and the biotech hubs of San ... earlier considered to be “brain-drain”, is now being looked at as ...

He consistently spots paradoxes in our relationship with tech. In “The Shallows: What the Internet Is Doing to Our Brain” (2010), Carr revealed what may be the central paradox of the internet ...

National Coordinator, the Nigeria Reduced Emissions from Deforestation and Degradation (REDD ) Programme, Salisu Dahiru, has called on state governments in Nigeria to embrace... The African Union ...

They show that he plans to divest stock holdings, including stakes in biotech firms CRISPR Therapeutics AG and Dragonfly Therapeutics. He’s also stepping down from roles at his law firm and at ...