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How and Why Humans Began to Sing, a Musicology and Neuroscience Perspective
Brains Process Speech and Singing Differently By Rachel Feltman, Allison Parshall, Fonda Mwangi & Madison Goldberg Rachel Feltman: For Scientific American’s Science Quickly, I’m Rachel Feltman. We’re wrapping up our week of summer reruns with one of my absolute favorite Science Quickly episodes. Back in October, SciAm associate news editor Allison Parshall took us on…
Creating Bird Flu Vaccines for Humans at a Biosecure Laboratory
This is How We Fight Bird Flu If H5N1 Becomes the Next Human Pandemic This San Antonio, Tex., lab takes biosecurity seriously. Suit up with its scientists and go behind the scenes of the science of vaccine creation. By Naeem Amarsy, Jeffery DelViscio, Fonda Mwangi, Alex Sugiura & Rachel Feltman Rachel Feltman: For Scientific American’s…
Could AI Really Kill Off Humans?
Opinion Could AI Really Kill Off Humans? Many people believe AI will one day cause human extinction. A little math tells us it wouldn’t be that easy By Michael J.D. Vermeer There’s a popular sci-fi cliché that one day artificial intelligence goes rogue and kills every human, wiping out the species. Could this truly happen?…
China pits humanoid robots against humans in half-marathon for first time
Twenty-one humanoid robots joined thousands of runners at the Yizhuang half-marathon in Beijing Twenty-one humanoid robots joined thousands of runners at the Yizhuang half-marathon in Beijing on Saturday, the first time these machines have raced alongside humans over a 21-kilometre (13-mile) course. The robots from Chinese manufacturers such as DroidVP and Noetix Robotics came in…
The truth about life on other planets – and what it means for humans
Listen to this article on BBC Sounds There are some scientific discoveries that do much more than advance our knowledge: they create a shift in our psyche as they show us the scale of the Universe and our place in it. One such moment was when space craft sent back images of the Earth for…
The US Is Not Ready for Bird Flu in Humans
Opinion Cross CurrentsFridays The U.S. Is Not Ready for Bird Flu in Humans Bird flu is infecting more people than we think. We need to stop it now before a new pandemic begins By Megha Satyanarayana edited by Dan Vergano Keep in touch with Cross Current: Get email alerts for this weekly column by Megha…
How Drones Can Train Bears to Stay Away from Humans
Opinion How Drones Can Train Bears to Stay Away from Humans Drones could be a wildlife manager’s “magic tools” to reduce bear-human conflict By Wesley Sarmento Hazing grizzlies away from humans by using drones was highly effective. Brown bears roam across much of the northern hemisphere from the mountains of Spain to the prairies of…
The Latest on Bird Flu in Humans, Cats and Chickens
The Latest on Bird Flu in Humans, Cats and Chickens H5N1 avian influenza continues to spread amid commercial and backyard poultry, and additional cases have been reported in domestic cats By Meghan Bartels edited by Tanya Lewis Join Our Community of Science Lovers! As the bird flu outbreak affecting poultry, dairy cows and humans in…
‘Humans are all they know’ – Fate of whales uncertain as marine zoo shuts
The fate of two killer whales is uncertain following the closure of a marine zoo on Sunday. Campaigners and the zoo’s managers have been locked in disagreement about what should happen to the orca whales with the French government already blocking one proposal to rehome them. Last month Marineland Antibes, located near Cannes in the…