Humans
Rain Bosworth studies how deaf children experience the world
Deaf experimental psychologist Rain Bosworth has found that babies are primed to learn sign language just like spoken language.
By Meghan Rosen
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Deaf experimental psychologist Rain Bosworth has found that babies are primed to learn sign language just like spoken language.
Genetic mutations are making Plasmodium falciparum, parasites that cause malaria, invisible to rapid tests. New, more sensitive tests could help.
When implanted into mouse embryos, stem cells from rats grew into forebrains and structures that handle smells.
Hospitals must now get written consent to perform pelvic, breast, prostate and rectal exams on sedated patients or risk losing federal funding.
The daily updated HeatRisk map uses color coding to show where the health threat from heat is highest and offers tips on how to stay safe.
Researchers hope to use social media posts to identify population-wide spikes in depression. That approach could miss Black people, a study shows.
The public health researcher focuses on what kinds of support people with autism need rather than on treating the condition as a disease to cure.
Neuroendocrine cells can sense substances on the way to the lungs and prompt reactions such as coughing and swallowing, experiments in mice show.
A reexamined Chinese site points to a cultural mix of Homo sapiens with Neandertals or Denisovans.
The FDA recently approved a menstrual blood test for diabetes, the first diagnostic of any kind based on period blood. It may be just the beginning.
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