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The rise of AI means a revolution is coming in the world of software development.

A controversial new study in lab mice hints at sex-based differences in cosmic ray–induced cognitive decline.

• By John Wenz on August 24, 2018

By integrating Watson with the Unity game engine, IBM is pushing its AI services to game and VR developers.

We don’t need the many-worlds of quantum mechanics to have more Universes than we know what to do with.

Could psychedelics lead to improved antidepressant or anti-anxiety therapies?

• By Sharon Begley, STAT on August 24, 2018

Scientists at Harvard Medical School have discovered that a protein called TMC1 converts sound and head motion into electrical signals, thus enabling hearing and balance.

The findings were published this week in the journal https://www.cell.com/neuron/fulltext/S0896-6273(18)30631...ctitle0120\">Neuron.

Sensitivity to sound has been a powerful evolutionary force, but the precise molecular mechanisms that enable hearing have not been fully identified.

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ROME (AP) — Mount Etna in Sicily has roared back into spectacular volcanic action, sending up plumes of ash and spewing lava.

Italy’s National Institute of Geophysics and Vulcanology (INGV) says that the volcano, which initially “re-awoke” in late July, sprang into fuller action Thursday evening by shooting up chunks of flaming lava as high as 150 meters (500 feet) almost constantly.

On Friday, INGV said the action was continuing, feeding ash plumes several hundred meters (yards) into the air above the crater.