It turns out that babies can think before they can speak. Scientists have found that 7-month-old infants can understand the simplest and most basic abstract relation-that of sameness and difference between things.
A volcano on the Galapagos Islands has erupted, raising concerns for the rare wildlife in the region.
Can you imagine a biodegradable computer chip made out of wood? It sounds farfetched, but it's a goal that researchers are aiming for. Now, scientists have created a new, semiconductor chip made almost entirely out of wood.
It turns out that motherhood may completely alter women's brains. Scientists have found that hormone therapy (HT) may have some variable results on women because women respond differently depending whether or not they had children.
New findings published in the journal Circulation: Cardiovascular Imaging reveal that having more than two drinks a day could lead to significant heart damage in older adults.
Have you ever been told that someone might be dealing with hallucinations or delusions? Though it might seem rare, new findings published in JAMA Psychiatry tell us that these issues are a bit more common than once thought.
New findings published in the JAMA Pediatrics found long-term effects of delayed umbilical cord clamping, involving waiting a few minuts to clamp the cord after birth in order for the baby to receive more blood from the placenta. In fact, it could just be enough of a reason to change one of the most...
New findings published in the American Journal of Public Health reveal that over 8,000 veterans living in Hawaii and the Pacific Islands are dealing with posttraumatic stress disorder, and nearly 50 percent risked developing heart failure over about a seven-year follow-up period when compared to pee...
New findings published in the journal Progress in Neuro-Psychopharmacology & Biological Psychiatry show that researchers are planning to study the application of the first pilot study of MDMA-assisted therapy for the treatment of social anxiety in adults with autism.
Imagine if handheld tools knew what needed to be done and could guide an inexperienced user.
Imagine a robot that learns by trial and error--just like a human. UC Berkeley researchers have now developed algorithms that enable robots to learn motor tasks in this way, marking a milestone in artificial intelligence.
Scientists have found that the massive explosions that mark the end of a star's life work with supermassive black holes to sweep gas out of a galaxy's star-forming factory.
