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Researchers have conducted a study that has determined the role that a critical protein plays in the development of hair cells. These hair cells are vital for hearing. Some of these cells amplify sounds that come into th...

Researchers are learning more about how a person's genes play a role in the possibility they'll suffer from alcoholic cirrhosis with the discovery of a gene that could make the disease less likely.

Glial cells not only control the speed of nerve conduction, but they also influence the precision of signal transduction.

Listening to Mozart can reduce the frequency of seizures in those with epilepsy. Exposure to the music of Mozart daily not only significantly reduces seizure frequency, but it also reduces abnormal brain activity associa...

Measuring changes in heart rate for 24 hours, researchers can predict, with 90% accuracy, if a person is currently suffering from symptoms of depression.

Color emotion may be a universal phenomenon, a new study reveals. People from different parts of the world often associate the same color with the same emotions.

ARTIFICIAL INTELLIGENCE Microsoft’s Updated DeepSpeed Can Train Trillion-Parameter AI Models With Fewer GPUs Kyle Wiggers | TechCrunch “The enhanced DeepSpeed leverages three techniques to enable ‘trillion-scale’...

A new film channels the spirit and traces the lineage of Laika, the first creature ever to orbit Earth.

It's possible that a pup's cold, wet nose acts as an infrared sensor.

Three physicists won a $3 million Breakthrough prize for a series of experiments that began using cheap equipment on a tabletop in Seattle and ended up hunting dark matter.

Space Dogs follows the story of Laika, the first living being to orbit Earth, and imagines what her life could have been like had she survived reentry