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With the first head transplant scheduled for 2018, many neuroscientists are skeptical the procedure will be a success. A new article questions if scientists, and the general population, will be ready for the procedure. W...

Robust communication between parent and child during early years appears to have a beneficial effect on health behaviors as adults, researchers report. Adults who reported good communication with their parents as childre...

A new study reports social robots may be good counselors. Researchers say the NAO robot is able to provide a helpful motivational interview, a technique used by counselors to support behavior change.

Under a blanket of fog, NASA's InSight lander and a pair of cubesats roared into space and set out on a mission to explore deep beneath the surface of Mars

ARTIFICIAL INTELLIGENCE How Can We Be Sure AI Will Behave? Perhaps by Watching It Argue with Itself. Will Knight | MIT Technology Review "Having AI programs argue with one another requires more sophisticated technology t...

Remotely operated submarines mapped the largest ocean "dead zone" on Earth.

What killed the sultan Saladin, who famously unified the Muslim world during the 12th century, recaptured Jerusalem from the Christians and helped spark the Third Crusade? Until now, it was a mystery.

A trial of a nasal spray containing an ingredient of the drug ketamine has had positive but modest results in people with severe depression