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Legal questions Embryonic stem cells were first isolated in 1998 at the University of Wisconsin from embryos made in fertility clinics. They are useful to scientists...
Sensors have long been the silent workhorses of various industries, dutifully recording and transmitting data for further interpretation and action. However, advances in technology are reshaping...
This is today’s edition of The Download, our weekday newsletter that provides a daily dose of what’s going on in the world of technology. Neuroscientists listened in on...
Ghuman, Wang, and their colleagues turned to people who were undergoing brain surgery for epilepsy. Some people with severe or otherwise untreatable epilepsy opt to have...
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“It’s an important step forward in progress into [understanding and treating] brain diseases,” says Julian Savulescu, a bioethicist at the National University of Singapore, who was...
I’d come across a new study suggesting that people in a minimally conscious state can learn a rudimentary form of language, or at least a string...
“Brain injury patients would be the first [candidates],” says Song. Such injuries tend to affect specific regions of the brain. Injuries to the hippocampus would be...
The findings, described in a paper in Nature today, could help scientists learn more about how human embryos develop and provide insights into diseases, as well...
This is today’s edition of The Download, our weekday newsletter that provides a daily dose of what’s going on in the world of technology. We may never fully...