A single damaged protein inside one brain cell may seem insignificant. Yet new research shows how that small mistake can ...

Autonomy, by contrast, is about decision‑making and adaptation. The leap from automation to autonomy is not just more actuators; it is a system that can perceive its environment, reason about options, ...

Federal prosecutors have revealed a sprawling scheme to rig college basketball games while yielding big payouts to gamblers.

It has long been assumed that psychostimulants help those with ADHD by acting on the brain’s attention circuitry. However, ...

Habitat loss, overtourism, and the consequences of climate change have put more and more travel destinations at peril, even as the pandemic’s forced shutdowns gave once tourist-trampled places a ...

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