A new opinion paper shows no convincing evidence that there is a causal link between gut bacteria and autism, citing weak ...

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A University of Massachusetts Amherst study has found that gerrymandering in North Carolina resulted in reduced access to ...

Numerous studies have linked state-level marijuana legalization to reduced alcohol use, but new federally funded research conducted by state officials in Oregon is shedding light on how access to ...

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Humans still matter most. Google Research head Yossi Matias argues that AI won’t replace scientists — it will multiply their ...

Today in the Planet Money newsletter, five recent papers that lit lightbulbs in our brains, and are maybe worth taking a look ...

In this adapted excerpt from "How to Change a Memory," author and neuroscientist Steve Ramirez recounts the events that led ...

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A new collection of research papers examines how humans conceptualize numbers and the numeral systems we’ve build around them ...

A research paper being presented this week at the Annual Computer Security Applications Conference reveals that satellite internet services, including T-Mobile's, used unencrypted transmissions that ...