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UMD geologists uncovered evidence of a section of seafloor that sank into the Earth's mantle when dinosaurs roamed the Earth; it's located off the west coast of South America in a zone known as the East Pacific Rise.
Novel research supported by NCI could lead to more specific predictive disease models
A new University of Kansas study reveals parents seeking health care information for their children trust AI more than health care professionals when the author is unknown, and parents rate AI generated text as credible, moral and trustworthy.
Hypertension and amyloid plaques can separately cause dementia. Having both increases a person’s odds of developing cognitive decline, a new study finds
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Stanford researchers have mapped local susceptibility to man-made earthquakes in Oklahoma and Kansas.
Researchers in Pitt’s Swanson School of Engineering have created an artificial synapse — a junction that allows brain cells to pass along information — that mimics the way the human brain completes complex tasks, with the intention of helping computers 'think' like humans.
As artificial intelligence (AI) plays an increasingly important role in the lives of humans, its learning processes are becoming increasingly obscure. Computer scientist Kate Saenko says that’s a problem.
A recent study shows that restaurantgoers who bring home leftovers from a large meal leave feeling happy with themselves. And this sense of accomplishment causes people to eat more and exercise less afterward.
A new Yale-led international study of individuals with alcohol dependence has identified gene variants that may help explain why some heavy drinkers suffer intense withdrawal symptoms when they try to stop drinking — some, less so.