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A new era of neurotechnology means we may need new protections to safeguard our brains and mental experiences

Being infected with HIV is no longer a terminal diagnosis, but researchers are looking to fill the gaps that remain to ensure treatment reaches all who need it

Music made with artificial intelligence could upend the music industry. Here’s what that might look like.

Hundreds of unfilled residency spots in emergency medicine are telling us that critical care is in trouble

After recent earthquakes, Türkiye and Syria continue to grapple with a mass of rubble that could pollute, poison and alter the lives of everyone around it

Scientists say countries need to cut emissions far deeper to prevent catastrophic warming. That fact will hang over delegates when they meet later this year at […]

East Palestine residents are looking to independent researchers to fill gaps left by authorities about the toxic chemicals that could be […]

A strange discovery could provide a window into the universe’s earliest galaxies

Google’s new AI model can generate entirely new music from text prompts. Here’s what they sound like.

Here’s how to tell whether your eye drops are safe to use and how to recognize a potential infection

While it may seem daunting, there are still many things we can do individually to slow climate change

Insurers face a “crisis of confidence” as global warming makes weather events unpredictable and increases damage

Argentine mathematician Luis Caffarelli has won the 2023 Abel Prize for making natural phenomena more understandable and eliminating dreaded “infinities” […]

Hundreds of millions of people lack access to safe water and sanitation. Will the first U.N. conference on water in nearly 50 years make a difference?

Luis Caffarelli’s work includes equations underpinning physical phenomena, such as melting ice and flowing liquids

People who engage in random acts of kindness may not fully recognize the impact of their behavior on others

DNA from locks of Beethoven’s hair reveals how the composer died, but his hearing loss remains a mystery

A new study in rats suggests “powerhouse” organelles could help heal not only hearts but other organs damaged by lack of oxygen during cardiac arrest

A new study suggests that ‘Oumuamua, the mysterious visitor that whizzed through our solar system in 2017, may have been merely a small comet from another […]

Ocean animals are growing sicker from ingesting too much plastic

In the climate crisis, wetlands have more economic value than new development

A mass of moving material on Mars called a mantle plume may be causing marsquakes and volcanism

Now is the time to protect the health and safety of civilians who will be traveling, living and working in the dangerous environment of space

Birds are heading north before their insect prey emerge. Bees are missing out on early blossoms. Ticks and other pests have more time to feast and spread […]

Machine-learning algorithms are getting so good that they can translate Western instruments into Thai ones with ease.