By faithfully copying the most popular songs, swamp sparrows create time-honored song traditions that can be…
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Parent-child therapy helps young children with depression
New research demonstrates that an interactive therapy involving parents and their depressed preschoolers can reduce rates…
A dual-therapy approach to boost motor recovery after a stroke
Scientists have shown that combining a brain-computer interface (BCI) with functional electrical stimulation (FES) can help…
Controlling robots with brainwaves and hand gestures
System enables people to correct robot mistakes on multi-choice problems.
Surgery in space
With renewed public interest in manned space exploration comes the potential need to diagnose and treat…
Do bats adapt to gates at abandoned mines?
Abandoned mines can serve as roost sites for bats, but because the mines pose serious risks…
Chemical ‘caryatids’ improve the stability of metal-organic frameworks
Metal-organic frameworks (MOFs) are porous materials that can change the way we capture carbon, filter water,…
Whether wheat weathers heat waves
Unlike humans, crops in a field can't move to air conditioning to endure a heat wave.…
Around the world, people have surprisingly modest notions of the ‘ideal’ life
It seems reasonable that people would want to maximize various aspects of life if they were…
Atrial fibrillation: Weight loss reverses heart condition in obesity sufferers
Australian research shows for the first time that obese people who are suffering from atrial fibrillation…