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Fly brain ‘atlas’ opens door to linking human neurons to actions

August 24, 2021 at 10:24 p.m.

NEW YORK (Reuters) - Research unveiled on Thursday identifies the brain neurons that cause every behavior fruit fly larvae execute, raising the tantalizing possibility that neuroscientists will be able to...

Hospital ratings show sharp differences in safety, chance of dying

November 3, 2021 at 8:33 p.m.

NEW YORK (Reuters) - An analysis of government data on hospital safety, including how likely patients are to die of avoidable surgical complications, shows that hospitals vary markedly on these...

Hospital ratings show sharp differences in safety, chance of dying

December 23, 2018 at 5:12 p.m.

NEW YORK (Reuters) - An analysis of government data on hospital safety, including how likely patients are to die of avoidable surgical complications, shows that hospitals vary markedly on these...

Crows solve Aesop’s fable puzzles, offer clues to cognition

August 24, 2021 at 10:23 p.m.

NEW YORK (Reuters) - A species of crow native to islands east of Australia has long wowed scientists with its intelligence, and now it has shown it can solve at...

A plunge in U.S. preschool obesity? Not so fast, experts say

November 3, 2021 at 8:27 p.m.

NEW YORK (Reuters) - If the news last month that the prevalence of obesity among American preschoolers had plunged 43 percent in a decade sounded too good to be true,...

Astronomers discover echoes from expansion after Big Bang

November 3, 2021 at 8:26 p.m.

NEW YORK (Reuters) - Astronomers announced on Monday that they had discovered what many consider the holy grail of their field: ripples in the fabric of space-time that are echoes...

Astronomers discover echoes from expansion after Big Bang

December 23, 2018 at 4:51 p.m.

NEW YORK (Reuters) - Astronomers announced on Monday that they had discovered what many consider the holy grail of their field: ripples in the fabric of space-time that are echoes...

A plunge in U.S. preschool obesity? Not so fast, experts say

December 23, 2018 at 4:53 p.m.

NEW YORK (Reuters) - If the news last month that the prevalence of obesity among American preschoolers had plunged 43 percent in a decade sounded too good to be true,...

Insurers must accept funds from U.S. program that helps HIV-AIDs patients

August 24, 2021 at 9:58 p.m.

NEW YORK (Reuters) - The lead agency for President Barack Obama's healthcare reform announced on Friday that it would require, rather than merely encourage, insurers that sell Obamacare policies to...

U.S. top court case highlights unsettled science in contraception

November 3, 2021 at 8:22 p.m.

NEW YORK (Reuters) - - As the U.S. Supreme Court prepares to hear a religious dispute over the Obamacare contraception mandate, advocates on both sides are trying to set the...

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