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Unknown Animals Were Leaving Bird-like Footprints in Late Triassic Southern Africa
Ancient animals were walking around on bird-like feet over 210 million years ago, according to a study published…
AI System Self-Organizes to Develop Features of Brains of Complex Organisms
Cambridge scientists have shown that placing physical constraints on an artificially-intelligent system -- in much…
People Watched Other People Shake Boxes for Science: Here’s Why
When researchers asked hundreds of people to watch other people shake boxes, it took just seconds for almost all…
Heart Over Head? Stages of the Heart’s Cycle Affect Neural Responses
Optimal windows exist for action and perception during the 0.8 seconds of a heartbeat, according to research…
Brain Implant May Enable Communication From Thoughts Alone
A speech prosthetic developed by a collaborative team of Duke neuroscientists, neurosurgeons, and engineers can…
Ocean Heat Waves Often Lurk Out of Sight
Heat waves don’t just strike on land — they can also occur in the ocean. And roughly a third of marine heat…
AI Faces Look More Real Than Actual Human Face
White faces generated by artificial intelligence (AI) now appear more real than human faces, according to new…
Here Are Some Big-If-True Scientific Claims That Made Headlines in 2023
From ancient cannibalism to stars made of dark matter, 2023 delivered several scientific claims that could shake…
US Men Die 6 Years Before Women, as Life Expectancy Gap Widens
We've known for more than a century that women outlive men. But new research led by UC San Francisco and Harvard…
Future Floods: Global Warming Intensifies Heavy Rain — Even More Than…
The intensity and frequency of extreme rainfall increases exponentially with global warming, a new study finds.…