HIV remains the largest cause of disease burden among men and women of reproductive age in sub-Saharan Africa. Voluntary medical…
Exploring the acceptability of controlled human infection with SARSCoV2—a public consultation
Rapid development of an effective vaccine for SARSCoV2 is a global priority. A controlled human infection model (CHIM) would accelerate…
When it comes to DNA repair, it’s not one tool fits all
Researchers studied double-strand breaks with complex damage and found that enzyme tools to resect the breaks are highly specific to…
Do we know what we want in a romantic partner? No more than a random stranger would
New research suggests that people’s ideal partner preferences do not reflect any unique personal insight.
Airborne Coronavirus: What You Should Do Now
How to protect yourself from a virus that may be floating indoors? Better ventilation, for starters. And keep wearing those…
What ethical models for autonomous vehicles don’t address, and how they could be better
There’s a fairly large flaw in the way that programmers are currently addressing ethical concerns related to artificial intelligence and…
Clinicians find encouraging results from functional MRI in an unresponsive patient with COVID-19
A patient with severe COVID-19 who, despite prolonged unresponsiveness and structural brain abnormalities, demonstrated functionally intact brain connections and later…
Researchers foresee linguistic issues during space travel
Interstellar space travelers arriving on another planet could face problems communicating with previous and subsequent arrivals, their spoken language having…
Motherhood overrides the brain’s decision-making
Motherhood takes over the brain’s decision-making regions to prioritize caring for offspring, according to new research.
New connection between the eyes and touch discovered
Tiny eye movements can be used as an index of humans’ ability to anticipate relevant information in the environment independent…