Ingrid Daubechies awarded National Medal of Science(today.duke.edu)

166 points by sedtacet 1 year ago | 11 comments

Sleep on it: How the brain processes many experiences, even when 'offline'(news.yale.edu)

396 points by PaulHoule 2 years ago | 129 comments

Yale News article on a study showing how the brain replays and bundles waking experiences during sleep.

More than half of adults in U.S. say they lack basic statistical understanding(psu.edu)

110 points by giuliomagnifico 2 months ago | 153 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.

Penn to reduce graduate admissions, rescind acceptances amid research cuts(thedp.com)

299 points by strangeloops85 1 year ago | 584 comments

Student refines 100-year-old math problem, expanding wind energy possibilities(psu.edu)

138 points by nill0 1 year ago | 18 comments