Scientists are finding more evidence that birdsong parallels human-made music.
Category: Research
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The First 10 Words of the African American English Dictionary Are In
An exclusive look at a dictionary consisting entirely of words created or reinvented by Black people. (Don’t worry: All three variants of “bussin” are included.)
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Silicon Valley Chosen for $4 Billion Chip Research Center
Anticipating federal subsidies, Applied Materials said it planned to invest up to $4 billion in the semiconductor project in Sunnyvale, Calif.
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An N.F.L. Doctor Wants to Know Why Some Players Get C.T.E. and Others Don’t
The newly opened National Sports Brain Bank plans to study head trauma specific to athletes. Jerome Bettis has already pledged to donate his brain.
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Microsoft Says New AI Shows Signs of Human Reasoning
A provocative paper from researchers at Microsoft claims A.I. technology shows the ability to understand the way people do. Critics say those scientists are kidding themselves.
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Bernadine Strik, Whose Insights Helped Blueberries Thrive, Dies at 60
A horticulturist, she discovered farming methods that increased yields of the fruit as its health benefits became widely accepted and demand for it grew.
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Addiction Treatment Medicine Is Vastly Underprescribed, Especially by Race, Study Finds
Black patients with opioid use disorder were far less likely to fill prescriptions for the most effective addiction treatments than white patients. But strikingly few patients of all races got the medicine.
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Eli Lilly Trial Finds Alzheimer’s Drug Can Slow Progress of Disease
Donanemab is not a cure and comes with significant side effects, but patients had longer periods of independent living while on the drug.