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(University of Edinburgh) Wind farms have made a significant impact in limiting carbon emissions from other sources of power generation in Great Britain, a study shows.

Much ink has been spilled in recent years about the rise of killer robots. A movement to ensure no blood is shed by autonomous weapons--machines that kill or maim without a human behind the joystick or keyboard--is racin...

You just can't unhear new recordings showing what monkey speech would sound like if a human brain were in control.

A genetic discoverycould help explain a cause of a mysterious artery-damaging disease that may affect up to an estimated 5 million Americans and often strikes without warning.

Certain type 2 diabetes drugs promote weight loss, but how they do this remains poorly understood. Insight into how these drugs work in the body -- and especially the brain -- could help create new drugs that effectively...

Blood flows preferentially to the placenta instead of the brain in fetuses of mothers with diabetes, reveals new research.