biology

Leaves May Have Helped Apes Evolve An Upright Stature

Posted in Featured, Science on 15th Apr, 2023
by Alex Muller

If an ape's back is horizontal, the hands and feet are typically underneath the body, which makes it harder to move outward to the smaller branches of the tree.

White House Puts Aside $5 Billion For Future COVID Treatments

Posted in Medicine, Science on 15th Apr, 2023
by Alex Muller

Operation Next Gen will have three main goals: creating long-lasting monoclonal antibodies, speeding up the development of mucosal vaccines to possibly reduce transmission and infection risks, and speeding efforts to develop a universal coronavirus vaccine that protects against COVID-19 and other coronaviruses.

Human Lifespan Will Rise Dramatically This Century, Researchers Say

Posted in Medicine on 12th Apr, 2023
by Alex Muller

There's a growing revolution in the science of aging underway, and research is starting to show that there are a host of medical interventions that could slow or even reverse aging.

Surgeons Are Simulating Whole Brains To Pin Down The Source Of Their Patients' Seizures

Posted in Medicine, Science, Software on 12th Apr, 2023
by Alex Muller

A decade ago, the Human Brain Project launched with a blue-sky goal: digitizing a human brain. The implications were huge: simulated brains could provide crucial clues to help crack some of the most troubling neurological diseases.

Finding a Song People Were Listening To Based On Their Brain Activity

Posted in Science on 11th Apr, 2023
by Alex Muller

A neural decoding model that is able to reconstruct heard music from brain activity can form a reasonable step towards other forms of neural decoding models that have applications for aiding communication.