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A new study finds that pregnancy affects bats' sensing capabilities
There have been several studies pointing to an impairment of the cognitive abilities of pregnant women.…
ChatGPT makes materials research much more efficient
The artificial intelligence developer OpenAI promises to reshape the way people work and learn with its…
Cracking the case of mitochondrial repair and replacement in metabolic stress
Scientists often act as detectives, piecing together clues that alone may seem meaningless but together crack…
The climate crisis and biodiversity crisis can't be approached separately, says study
Human beings have massively changed the Earth system. Greenhouse-gas emissions produced by human activities have caused…
Reinforcement learning: From board games to protein design
Scientists have successfully applied reinforcement learning to a challenge in molecular biology. The team of researchers…
Evolution of two contagious cancers affecting Tasmanian devils underlines unpredictability of disease threat
Transmissible cancers, which occur only rarely in the animal kingdom, are spread by the transfer of…
Elephant seals drift off to sleep while diving far below the ocean surface
For the first time, scientists have recorded brain activity in a free-ranging, wild marine mammal, revealing…
An extra gene increases inhibitory signaling in the brain of the Down syndrome mouse
An extra copy of a gene that controls synapse formation in the cortex causes excessive inhibitory…
Separating mining explosions from earthquakes in South Korea
South Korea is a relatively quiet country, seismically speaking, but a recent study identified more than…