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Author: Tristan Greene / Source: The Next Web The field of robotics is going through a renaissance thanks to advances in machine learning and sensor technology. Each generation of robot is engineered with greater mechanical complexity and smarter operating software than the last. But what if,

Author: Laura Sanders / Source: Science News Ketamine banishes depression by slowly coaxing nerve cells to sprout new connections, a study of mice suggests. The finding, published in the April 12 Science, may help explain how the hallucinogenic anesthetic can ease some people’s severe depression.

Author: Trisha Leigh Zeigenhorn / Source: did you know? Divorce is more common than it was a hundred years ago, but somewhat less common that it was a couple of decades ago. That said, many people find the idea of committing to a child easier than committing to another full-grown adult, and are

Author: Megan Molteni / Source: WIRED Is there any more daunting animal to study than the great white shark? Just you try attaching a radio transmitter or drawing a tube of blood from a two-ton, razor-toothed, meat-seeking missile. But scientific understanding of these iconic apex predators has

Author: Lisa Grossman / Source: Science News Opportunity has finally run out of, well, opportunities. After weeks of trying to revive the veteran Mars rover in the wake of a blinding dust storm, NASA has given up on ever hearing from it again. After one last failed attempt to reach Opportunity