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Researchers in Australia used a driving simulator to test patients' vision before and after cataract surgery. They found that near misses and crashes decreased by 48% after surgery.

Bots on social media get a bad rap, but they can be used for good and for art, like in these three headline bots revealed at New Scientist Live

A complex network of skull bones, ligaments and muscles allows a snake to swallow prey with bodies much larger than the sinuous predator's own head.

Scientists have created a new layered superconducting material with a conducting layer made of bismuth, silver, tin, sulfur and selenium. The conducting layer features four distinct sublayers; by introducing more element...

A drug widely prescribed for a bladder condition for decades, now appears to be toxic to the retina, the light sensing tissue at the back of the eye that allows us to see.

Jim Peebles’ award honors modern cosmological theory at last --

ARTIFICIAL INTELLIGENCE How to Stop Superhuman AI Before It Stops Us Stuart Russell | The New York Times “Once the focus shifts from building machines that are ‘intelligent’ to ones that are ‘beneficial,’ contr...

A virtual reality driving game suggests that drivers' reaction times are slower if they encounter an obstacle at the same time as a heartbeat

A trial using data to prevent child abuse helped a UK police force drastically cut the time it takes child protection experts to review cases