An unmanned aircraft that can take off, hover and land vertically could be closer to reality, as part of a Defense Advanced Research Projects Agency (DARPA) program to develop these futuristic flying machines.
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Traumatic brain injury (TBI) is a very common brain condition marked by damage to the brain caused by an outside force.
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Two rhesus macaques with hundreds of electrodes implanted in their brains have controlled a motorized wheelchair using only their thoughts.
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Herbal medications are marketed as natural, but aren't necessarily safe, experts warn.
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Hydra vulgaris capture and sting their prey with tentacles, but must sever their own cells to devour it. Scientists genetically engineered Hydra cells to color code two tissue layers in order to see the process in action.
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Apple is embroiled in a battle with the FBI over an iPhone that was used by one of the shooters involved in the December attack that killed 14 and wounded 22 in San Bernardino, California. Here's what you need to know about Apple's fight with the FBI.
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Doctors may have a new way to predict if a child will experience ongoing symptoms.
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What is now dry land was once a marsh surrounding a busy Anglo-Saxon settlement. Among the tantalizing discoveries there were 16 silver writing styluses and a tablet that may have been a coffin plaque for a long-ago resident.
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The recent deep-sea sighting of a highly unusual bluish-white octopod moved one of the mission scientists to paraphrase a Taylor Swift song, saying, "I have never, like, ever, seen that one."
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After a metal detector hobbyist turned up a writing stylus in a rural region in England, archaeologists took a closer look, revealing multiple signs of literate and domestic life. Surveys showed the area was once an island at the time it was settled.
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