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Giving new college students opportunities to reflect on the ways science, technology, engineering, and math can affect their lives makes them more likely to remain in degree programs in STEM fields.

New insights into transcriptional buffering help to explain how cells balance RNA levels in the body.

Cancer patients who use cannabis to address their symptoms have less pain and sleep better, according to new research. But they also experience another, unexpected, benefit: After a few weeks of sustained use, they seem to think more clearly.

According to research, untrained listeners who are crowdsourced to assess voice treatment for people with Parkinson’s can reach conclusions that agree with reliable measurement tools.

Psilocybin is a hallucinogenic compound found in about 200 mushroom species, including the liberty cap. For millennia, our ancestors have known and used this substance, and in recent years, it has received renewed interest from scientific researchers and therapists.

A study has analyzed the cognitive skill of innovation in ungulates, a group of mammals such as dromedaries, horses, and goats, characterized by walking on the tip of their toes or hooves.

New research shows that artificial intelligence (AI) systems can process signals in a way that is remarkably similar to how the brain interprets speech, a finding scientists say might help explain the black box of how AI systems operate.

A team of researchers elaborate on how exposure to ambient air pollution, such as car exhaust and power plant emissions, is associated with a measurably greater risk of developing dementia over time.

A first-in-human clinical trial has successfully delivered chemotherapy drugs through the blood–brain barrier using ultrasound, with the potential to aid treatment for the deadly brain cancer glioblastoma.

Modeling the pharmacological properties of the African psychedelic plant medicine ibogaine, researchers have developed two novel drug candidates for treating addiction and depression. The research is published in Cell.