Advances in genetic sequencing are giving rise to a new era of scientific racism, despite decades of efforts to reverse attitudes used to justify the slave trade and Nazi theology, experts said on Friday.
Feb 15, 2014
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Understanding the human brain is one of the greatest challenges facing 21st century science. If we can rise to this challenge, we will gain profound insights into what makes us human, develop new treatments for brain diseases, ...
Feb 16, 2014
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When Daniel Benjamin was just beginning his PhD program in economics in 2001, he attended a conference with his graduate school advisers. They took in a presentation on neuroeconomics, a nascent field dealing with how the ...
Jul 4, 2017
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A study that sought to replicate 100 findings published in three prominent psychology journals has found that, across multiple criteria, independent researchers could replicate less than half of the original findings. In ...
Aug 27, 2015
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For almost a century, scientists have been studying brain waves to learn about mental health and the way we think. Yet the way billions of interconnected neurons work together to produce brain waves remains unknown. Now, ...
Jul 24, 2013
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Imagine infusing thousands of wireless devices into your brain, and using them to both monitor its activity and directly influence its actions. It sounds like the stuff of science fiction, and for the moment it still is – ...
Sep 14, 2016
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(HealthDay)—As scientists mark the 10th anniversary Sunday of the completion of the Human Genome Project, they will note how that watershed effort has led to the discovery of the genetic underpinnings of almost 5,000 diseases.
Apr 12, 2013
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Electronic engineers are emerging as important contributors to understanding of the workings of the human brain.
Jul 8, 2014
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The commonly-used evidence in trials, bitemark analysis, is not backed up by scientific research—an analysis of current literature, and 12 new studies, shows.
Jun 23, 2023
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A research team at the University of Zurich has helped people affected by long COVID identify the problems they most urgently want scientists to tackle, through a collaborative citizen science approach. The topics identified ...
Apr 28, 2022
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