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Researchers have found new light-sensitive proteins that allow scientists to study how multiple sets of neurons interact with each other.

Seven new genetic regions associated with type 2 diabetes have been identified in the largest study to date of the genetic basis of the disease. DNA data was brought together from more than 48,000 patients and 139,000 he...

Cochlear implants -- medical devices that electrically stimulate the auditory nerve -- have granted at least limited hearing to hundreds of thousands of people worldwide who otherwise would be totally deaf. Existing vers...

Scientists have found a way to efficiently edit the human genome one letter at a time -- not only boosting researchers' ability to model human disease, but also paving the way for therapies that cure disease by fixing th...

In research that could ultimately lead to many new medicines, scientists from the Florida campus of The Scripps Research Institute have developed a potentially general approach to design drugs from genome sequence.

2014 is shaping up as a huge year for supporters of legalizing marijuana supporters. Two states have fully legalized recreational marijuana, and a third will vote on the issue this year, while others are bringing long-fo...

A healthy young giraffe named Marius was euthanized by the Copenhagen Zoo despite an online petition and offers from other zoos and institutions to house the animal. According to the zoo, the euthanization was in accorda...

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I'm sitting in a café with some forty other people. Most us are working on a laptop, and each laptop has a camera. In fact, many of my café coworkers also have a smartphone. These devices have a camera. Most have two. ...

A study in mice has provided the most complete explanation yet for why marijuana triggers intense hunger pangs, elucidating the role of smell     

A veteran custodian of Loch Ness monster sightings is concerned that Nessie has not been seen in well over a year, and may be gone, according to a news report. This is the first time in nearly 90 years that such a length...

(CSIRO Australia) An international team of scientists has produced global maps showing how fast and in which direction local climates have shifted.

(Australian National University) A team led by astronomers at The Australian National University has discovered the oldest known star in the Universe, which formed shortly after the Big Bang 13.7 billion years ago.The di...