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Philosopher Sam Berstler diagnoses the corrosive effects of not acknowledging troubling truths.

A new study of the microbiome finds intestinal bacterial interact much less often with viruses that trigger immunity updates than bacteria in the lab.

Biodiversity researchers tested vision systems on how well they could retrieve relevant nature images. More advanced models performed well on simple queries but struggled with more research-specific prompts.

As part of a high-resolution biosensing device without wires, the antennas could help researchers decode intricate electrical signals sent by cells.

MIT engineers developed AI frameworks to identify evidence-driven hypotheses that could advance biologically inspired materials.

At a symposium of the Simons Center for the Social Brain, six speakers described a diversity of recently launched studies aimed at improving understanding of the autistic brain.

A small fleet of autonomous surface vessels forms a large sonar array for finding submerged objects.

Research could help improve motor rehabilitation programs and assistive robot control.

The technique provides researchers with a powerful tool for controlling magnetism, and could help in designing faster, smaller, more energy-efficient memory chips.