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I did an interview recently where I was asked to deconstruct Elon Musk's entrepreneurial success. Having known Musk for 17 years, I've had the chance to watch his meteoric rise into someone who is arguably the greatest e...

To build more aerodynamic machines, researchers are drawing inspiration from an unlikely source: the ocean.

Existing asthma drugs can fade in effectiveness and have side effects. But preliminary experiments suggest a new kind of drug could be more effective

A new study reports dTMS can help to reduce fatigue symptoms in those with multiple sclerosis.

Researchers have identified new peptides in wasp venom that could lead to new treatments for Parkinson's disease.

Researchers report a form of vitamin B3 can help prevent neurological damage and improve cognition in mouse models of Alzheimer's disease.

A new study reveals exposure to androgens during brain development can alter genes linked to autism in males.

Researchers have developed a new conversational AI agent that uses human input to learn. The system, named Evorus, is simultaneously trained by humans and this, researchers report, will gradually make it less dependent o...

The launch is a key stepping-stone in the company's quest to bring colonists to Mars.

A tweet from Elon Musk may have been a little fuzzy on the rocket's whereabouts.

There's an added challenge at the 2018 Winter Olympics, according to news reports: An outbreak of norovirus.

Move over, deep learning. Neuromorphic computing--the next big thing in artificial intelligence--is on fire. Just last week, two studies individually unveiled computer chips modeled after information processing in the hu...

Leiden physicists found a surprising interaction between electrons and a resist layer. The resist appears to charge and discharge due to incoming electrons. Publication in Physical Review Letters.

There is something curious going on in startup land: From learning to accept failure as part of the creative process we seem to have gone into overdrive and fetishized failure as something which is worthy of pursuit in a...

Some powerful rulers of the world may dream of the possibility to get in touch with their colleagues on different continents unnoticed by friends or foes. Someday, new quantum technologies could allow for making these wi...

SpaceX's historic launch wasn't 100 per cent successful, but there is now a Tesla Roadster floating on an orbit between Mars and Jupiter

We've seen signs of the most complex molecules ever detected outside our galaxy in the Large Magellanic Cloud, a fairly primitive galaxy 160,000 light years away

Niacin is an essential vitamin that helps the digestive system, skin and nervous system to function.

The phenomenon of ionic wind has been known about for centuries: by applying a voltage to a pair of electrodes, electrons are stripped off nearby air molecules, and the ionized air collides with neutral air molecules as ...

A new study reports cell phones may be making us hypersocial, rather than antisocial as previous research suggests.

UCSF researchers report neural stem cells only have a very limited capacity to replenish brain tissue.

Many doctors now suggest people consider getting their DNA checked for genetic diseases before starting a family. Alice Klein decided to take the test