Monday, 19 August 2019

Imaging scans show where symbols turn to letters in the brain

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Scientists watched brain activity in a region where reading takes root, and saw a hierarchy of areas that give symbols both sound and meanin...

Electrodes show a glimpse of memories emerging in a brain

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Nerve cells in an important memory center in the brain sync their firing and create fast ripples of activity seconds before a recollection r...

Climate misinformation may be thriving on YouTube, a social scientist warns

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Analyzing 200 climate-related videos on YouTube shows that a majority challenge widely accepted views about climate change and climate engin...
Sunday, 18 August 2019

Murray Gell-Mann’s ‘totalitarian principle’ is the modern version of Plato’s plenitude

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The ancient principle of plenitude is reborn in the modern belief that whatever can exist must exist. from Latest Headlines | Science News...
Friday, 16 August 2019

Alzheimer’s targets brain cells that help people stay awake

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Nerve cells in the brain that are tied to wakefulness are destroyed in people with Alzheimer’s, a finding that may refocus dementia research...

A new FDA-approved drug takes aim at a deadly form of tuberculosis

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The antibiotic could help tackle extensively drug-resistant tuberculosis, which kills tens of thousands each year. from Latest Headlines |...
Thursday, 15 August 2019

LIGO and Virgo probably spotted the first black hole swallowing up a neutron star

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In a first, astronomers may just have detected gravitational waves from a black hole merging with a neutron star. from Latest Headlines | ...