By Rachel Nuwer Nearly 30 years have passed since the Chernobyl plant exploded and caused an unprecedented nuclear disaster. The…
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A new state-of-the-art headband is being developed by Tufts University scientists that could help facilitate communication between the human brain…
By Stephanie Pappas A new, improved sequencing of ancient human relative genomes reveals that Homo sapiens didn’t only have sex…
The Defense Advanced Research Projects Agency (DARPA) is investing $70 million to develop a new implant that can track, and…
Activist Post Every day seems to bring new revelations in the area of neuroscience. Obama’s BRAIN project appears to being paying dividends. Just in…
The near-death experience reported by cardiac arrest survivors worldwide may be grounded in science, according to research at the University…
Hamburger chef Jamie Oliver has won his long-fought battle against one of the largest fast food chains in the world…
Most music worldwide has been tuned to 440 hertz since the International Standards Organization (ISO) endorsed it in 1953. The…
A small Japanese robot, Kirobo, that boasts the abilities to talk, recognize voice and emotions, as well as to learn,…
Sebastian Anthony extremetech.com Researchers at Harvard University have created the first noninvasive brain-to-brain interface (BBI) between a human… and a…
Aaron Dykes and Melissa Melton Activist Post We’re no molecular biologists over here, but have you ever seen the sci-fi…
A new study reveals how death in organisms, including humans, spreads like a wave from cell to cell until the…
Wow – big question, but not really if we look within and get simply truthful. Admittedly not easy in this…
Ever since the discovery of the remains in 2003, scientists have been debating whether Homo floresiensis represents a distinct Homo…
After most of the world’s population is wiped off the map by a wayward meteorite or hail of nuclear missiles,…
People in 18 countries across Europe have been found to have traces of the weed killer glyphosate in their urine,…
What world traveler hasn’t declined at least one local “delicacy”? A decade ago in Oaxaca, Mexico, I turned up my…
Are you prepared to meet your robot overlords? The idea of superintelligent machines may sound like the plot of “The…