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Luke Tweedy, Michelle Zagnoni, Cancer Research UK By Lucy Hicks27 20 Aug, 2020, 3:00 p.m. Rats and mice are not the only ones that can solve lab mazes. A new study suggests that single-celled organisms – and individual cancer cells – are just as adept at using chemical signals to …

Children carry coronavirus in their noses and throats for weeks, if they show no symptoms, South Korean researchers reported on Friday. Although their study does not necessarily show that children are transmitting the virus to others, they do suggest that it may be responsible for the “silent spread” of the …

(Reuters) – Billionaire entrepreneur Elon Musk’s neuroscience startup Neurelink on Friday unveiled its latest innovations for implanting miniscular computer chips in the human brain, raising expectations among scientists watching the company closely. Co-founded by Musk in 2016, Neurlink aims to implant a wireless brain-computer interface that includes thousands of electrodes …

The New School Retirement Equity Lab reported in early August that 2.9 million workers aged 55 to 70 had left the labor market since March – meaning they had not yet worked or actively worked in hunting – and projected that another 1.1 million that by November could do. “They …

Ry Crist / CNET COVID-19 continues to put people all over the world, and especially in the United States, on edge. The thought of the virus proliferating in our own homes as schools – especially in my ventilated room – is enough to make most of us a little paranoid. …