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A large analysis of 22 studies found that the trans fats naturally present in dairy foods such as milk, butter, yogurt, and cheese do not appear to raise the risk of heart disease or type 2 diabetes. Unlike industrial tr...

A study of more than 130,000 babies born in Georgia found that hundreds of fathers died within the first five years of their childs life, and about 60% of those deaths were potentially preventable. Homicide, accidental i...

A new study reveals a "split attractor network" in fruit flies that explains how neural circuits stabilize short-term working memories.

DNA samples from Jonathan the 194-year-old tortoise reveal gene variants and epigenetic changes that could contribute to his remarkable lifespan.

DNA samples from Jonathan the 194-year-old tortoise reveal gene variants and epigenetic changes that could contribute to his remarkable lifespan.

DNA samples from Jonathan the 194-year-old tortoise reveal gene variants and epigenetic changes that could contribute to his remarkable lifespan.

Francis Halzen, winner of the Nobel Prize in physics, spoke with pride on Wednesday about his early promotion of artificial intelligence in his research on neutrinos.

Summary: Researchers at the University of Oxford have discovered that human microglia can selectively prune away toxic alpha-synuclein aggregates from dopamine-producing neurons without destroying the host nerve cells. U...

A new study in 420,000 adults links statin medications to a 15% lower glaucoma risk and a 55% drop in surgical interventions.

The genome of Jonathan the giant tortoise, a 194-year-old resident of St Helena island, has been probed to understand how he has been alive for more than double his species average life expectancy

Researchers show a single spiking neural network predicts event identity, timing, and probability using local learning.

A predatory mammal-like animal from the Jurassic seems to have characteristics of both a platypus and an otter.

A new type of advanced microscope (wide-field coherent multidimensional microscopy) has been developed. It uses a carefully designed sequence of ultrashort light pulses to study the behavior of high-tech materials, with ...

Despite disagreeing over when (or if) AI will achieve human-level intelligence, Jacob Aron thoroughly recommends The AGI Chronicles by Kevin Roose, a primer to a fast-moving field

Large language models have unleashed a torrent of text - dealing with it won't be easy

This question was posed as part of New Scientists Last Word series, in which readers give scientific answers to each others questions. Heres what our readers had to say

This question was posed as part of New Scientists Last Word series, in which readers give scientific answers to each others questions. Heres what our readers had to say

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Why does music evoke emotion, and do people from other cultures feel the same way? Why do we scrunch our faces up when we taste something sour?

Feedback's long-running quest to discover delightfully obscure science sites may have reached its zenith with the discovery of two excellent museums in Zagreb

Two studies on critical topology have recently been published in the journal Nature. These studies were led by the teams of Prof. Baile Zhang at Nanyang Technological University, Singapore, and Prof. Jianhua Jiang at the...