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A technique to 3D print conductive circuits directly into living organisms could one day be used in humans

Child victims of extreme physical violence, such as stabbings or shootings, are at significantly higher risk of developing PTSD as adults.

Children aged between 4-11 judge Alexa to have more human-like thoughts and emotions than other AI robotics like the Roomba vacuum cleaner, but believe neither device should be yelled at or harmed. These feelings dwindle...

Astronomers zoomed in on the dusty rings around Uranus in a new series of stunning James Webb Space Telescope images.

In light of last night's episode of HBO's Succession, the American Heart Association provides information about sudden cardiac arrest and provides life-saving resources to help those who experience cardiac arrest.

The Crab nebula is one of the most thoroughly studied cosmic objects ever, but new observations have revealed that it's far more complex than anyone accounted for

Aging cells undergo a mysterious process called "cryptic transcription," and scientists now think they know why.

Babies of mothers who contracted mild or asymptomatic COVID-19 during pregnancy showed similar brain development to those born of mothers who did not contract coronavirus during pregnancy.

When playing against another human opponent, neurons in the brain work in unison. However, when playing against a robotic server, neural activity desynchronizes a new study reports.

An Asian elephant at the Berlin Zoo, Pang Pha, taught herself to peel bananas with her trunk by watching her keepers.

A federal judge in Texas has ruled to suspend approval for the abortion pill mifepristone. Here's what you should know about the drug.

Reaching the maximum feeding capacity from current agricultural land would require a global shift to plant-based diets and vast amounts of industrial fertiliser, a study has found

A three-year drought in Cape Town, South Africa, may have been worsened by high-income people filling their swimming pools and irrigating their gardens

Picking out separate objects in a visual scene seems intuitive to us, but machines struggle with this task. Now a new AI model from Meta has developed a broad idea of what an object is, allowing it to separate out object...

Researchers at the Institute for Quantum Optics and Quantum Information (IQOQI) in Vienna recently devised a universal mechanism to invert the evolution of a qubit with a high probability of success. This protocol, outli...

As far as we know, there are three main ingredients required for life: liquid water, an energy source and complex chemistry. Do Europa or Enceladus have them all?

The fossil record is filled with strange marine animals that would look like sea monsters if they were alive today.

Here's why hurricanes, also known as tropical cyclones and typhoons, don't form at the equator and why it would be rare for them to cross it.