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A tiny sensor to control devices with your thoughts--no surgery required. The post This Brain-Computer Interface Is So Small It Fits Between the Follicles of Your Hair appeared first on SingularityHub.

A new study has found that getting vaccinated against shingles may reduce the risk of developing dementia by 20% over seven years. This conclusion comes from a natural experiment in Wales, where vaccine eligibility was d...

A natural antioxidant found in foods like kale and berries, kaempferol, may help protect nerve cells and shows promise as a treatment for ALS and dementia. Researchers found that it improves energy production and eases s...

An investigation of the changing behaviour of a single quantum bit through time has uncovered a tantalising similarity to the geometry of three-dimensional space

A new study has identified a strong link between oral microbiota and autism spectrum disorder (ASD), revealing 11 bacterial species with potential as biomarkers. By analyzing oral samples from children aged 3-6, research...

Anyone who's ever tried tiling a floor, a backsplash or even an arts-and-crafts project probably knows the emotional frustration of working with pieces whose shapes don't perfectly complement each other. It turns out, th...

As climate change melts ice sheets and glaciers, water is being redistributed across the globe -- and could end up moving the point of Earth's axis of rotation.

Our closest relatives in the animal kingdom are wired up differently. The post What Makes the Human Brain Unique? Scientists Compared It With Monkeys and Apes to Find Out appeared first on SingularityHub.

It's incredibly tricky to pin down the origin of the language that led to the words spoken everywhere between Spain and India - and it'll be even harder to be sure we've got it right

Physicists have determined that the ideal technique for pour-over coffee can use up to 10 per cent fewer beans to make a cup just as flavoursome

The number of dinosaurs may have been stable before the asteroid impact, despite evidence that species were getting less diverse

NASA astronaut Don Pettit captured breathtaking video of a rare atmospheric phenomenon from his perch high above Earth on the International Space Station.

Magicians have long exploited quirks in our perception of the world to make us experience the impossible. Now, cognitive psychology is exploring how they do it and revealing fresh insights into how our minds work

Video footage captured by NASA's Perseverance rover shows a small "dust devil" merging with a much larger twister on the surface of Mars.

The weapons from a toolkit unearthed in Texas may be the earliest ever found in North America.

Researchers have successfully demonstrated the UK's first long-distance ultra-secure transfer of data over a quantum communications network, including the UK's first long-distance quantum-secured video call.

The dinosaurs were not in decline before the asteroid hit, a new study finds. Instead, poor fossilization conditions and unexposed late Cretaceous rock layers mean they're either not preserved or hard to find.

Researchers have discovered that increased blood flow is linked to greater stiffness in the hippocampus, the brain region vital for memory and learning. This is significant because the hippocampus is among the first regi...

Epigenetic changes in the placenta may shape how the fetal brain develops and thus influence the risk of psychiatric disorders.

A new study has revealed a causal link between chronic loneliness and early mortality in middle-aged women. Researchers analyzed data from over 15 years of the Australian Longitudinal Study of Women's Health and found th...

Researchers bombarded lichens with a year's worth of Martian radiation in just 5 hours -- and they survived, hinting that the extremophiles could potentially live on the Red Planet.

Tens of billions of kilograms of coffee are consumed around the world each year. However, due to its very specific agricultural needs, coffee can be difficult to cultivate, and ongoing climate change threatens its growth...