Hypermobile Ehlers-Danlos syndrome (hEDS) is one of the most common heritable connective tissue disorders. Early estimates have reported that this genetic disorder affects at least one in 5,000 ...

Apophenia is the mind’s tendency to find meaning in randomness. It shapes creativity, emotion, and misunderstanding, ...

Despite decades of research, the mechanisms behind fast flashes of insight that change how a person perceives their world, termed "one-shot learning," have remained unknown. A mysterious type of ...

Researchers at the Department of Energy's Oak Ridge National Laboratory have developed a deep learning algorithm that ...

Machine learning holds great promise for classifying and identifying fossils, and has recently been marshaled to identify trackmakers of dinosaur ...

A research team from Munich has identified a previously unknown communication mechanism in harvestmen. Five closely related ...

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Israel made history on Dec. 26 by recognizing my country, the Republic of Somaliland. This recognition didn’t arise from diplomatic calculation alone; it is rooted in a bond forged during Somaliland’s ...

Israel on Friday became the first country to recognize Somaliland as an independent state — an unprecedented move regarding the breakaway region above Somalia. “The State of Israel plans to ...

Those who effortlessly recall that your sister started pottery classes or that you were worried about your dog's surgery aren't just gifted with superior memory—they possess a rare combination of ...

Young adults recognize same-age faces much better than older faces, according to a new study from the United Kingdom. The researchers found that older adults recognize both age groups equally well.