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ARTIFICIAL INTELLIGENCE Microsoft Thinks Machines Can Learn to Converse by Making Chat a Game Cade Metz | WIRED "For Microsoft, winning the game of conversation means winning an enormous market. Natural language could st...

A caterpillar recently discovered in Peru wears a leafy tube of protective "armor."

Americans like science. So why do they reject scientific conclusions?

Rapid and cheap on-the-spot diagnoses for diseases such as tuberculosis and cancer are a step closer thanks to a new modular valve for microfluidic chips.

Novel sensors indicate how cell functions are affected by the distribution of cholesterol across the cell membrane. This information could lead to new methods for cancer detection, say researchers.

A new study has introduced a new treatment for skeletal system injuries, using stem cells from human bone marrow and a carbon material with photocatalytic properties.

A tablet computer application helped heart patients with drug-eluting stents take their medications correctly, a study has found. Researchers found that patients in the intervention group had a 10 percent higher medicati...