The “invented persona” behind the GISAID viral sequence database(science.org)

98 points by Metacelsus 3 years ago | 40 comments

JAXA is about to perform a Phobos sample return mission(science.org)

97 points by Muhammad523 8 days ago | 19 comments

Science news feature on Japan's MMX mission, which aims to return samples from Mars's moon Phobos to learn how it formed and possibly retrieve pieces of Mars.

AI can interpret animal emotions better than humans(science.org)

78 points by marojejian 1 year ago | 33 comments

How the Brain Parses Language(quantamagazine.org)

104 points by mylifeandtimes 10 months ago | 57 comments

Alzheimer's breakthrough: 2 hrs of sleep restored without clearing brain plaques(sciencedaily.com)

97 points by amichail 2 days ago | 23 comments

ScienceDaily article on a University of Kentucky mouse study finding that depleting microglia restored over two hours of daily sleep in Alzheimer's models without clearing plaques.

GDP is the wrong tool for measuring what matters (2020)(scientificamerican.com)

36 points by simonfxr 3 years ago | 10 comments