Lyme carditis: Things can get complicated when Lyme disease affects heart function
Adrian Baranchuk, Queen’s University, Ontario Lyme disease is a tick-born infection caused by bacteria known as Borrelia burgdorferi. Lyme carditis is an early manifestation of…
Why false news snowballs on social media
by Adam Zewe, Massachusetts Institute of Technology The spread of misinformation on social media is a pressing societal problem that tech companies and policymakers continue to…
Medical robots: their facial expressions will help humans trust them
Joel Pinney, Cardiff Metropolitan University Robots, AI and autonomous systems are increasingly being used in hospitals around the world. They help with a range of…
Why do we stick out our tongues when we’re concentrating?
By Donavyn Coffey And why is it more common in little kids? A child with their tongue stuck out is a classic sign that they are…
Flesh-Eating Bees Renounced Pollen for Rotting Meat
A bizarre species of tropical bee has evolved to eat dead animals. By Isaac Schultz 11/23/21 5:10PM Some bees have developed a taste for carrion, in…
E.O. Wilson’s lifelong passion for ants helped him teach humans about how to live sustainably with nature
Doug Tallamy, University of Delaware E. O. Wilson was an extraordinary scholar in every sense of the word. Back in the 1980s, Milton Stetson, the…
People with traumatic brain injury, who often lose empathy, can regain it with treatment
Dawn Neumann, IUPUI Most people can easily determine when a loved one is feeling sad or anxious. This recognition will often trigger the person to…
Model moves computers closer to understanding human conversation
by Wick Eisenberg, Johns Hopkins University An engineer from the Johns Hopkins Center for Language and Speech Processing has developed a machine learning model that can…
Blocking an immune system molecule in mice may help prevent long-term disabilities after traumatic brain injury
Jeanne Paz, University of California, San Francisco The Research Brief is a short take about interesting academic work. The big idea Blocking an immune system…
The sordid underbelly of Christmas past
James A. T. Lancaster, The University of Queensland When English Puritans outlawed Christmas in 1647, it was not without good reason. When American Puritans, in…