A study using network science to measure the intricacy of 20,000 pieces of music produced over four centuries has found that music is becoming less complex over time. Music is an important part of ...

Deep learning models have shown great potential in predicting and engineering functional enzymes and proteins. Does this prowess extend to other fields of biology as well? Contrary to expectations, a ...

Evidence was found in marine sedimentary rocks near Gabon in Central Africa. A team of international researchers has challenged the long-held belief that complex life forms first emerged on Earth 635 ...

Complicated real-time strategy game situations, researchers say, can boost cognitive flexibility -- the ability to allocate the brain's resources under changing circumstances. Stephen Shankland worked ...

Patients who are hospitalized have become more complex over time, according to new research. In an observational cohort study that included some 3.4 million nonelective hospital admissions and about 1 ...

Complex life began to develop earlier, and over a longer span of time, than previously believed, a groundbreaking new study has revealed. The research sheds new light on the conditions needed for ...

Proteins are among the most important molecular building blocks of life. They are chains of amino acids assembled in our cells by ribosomes, the molecular "protein factories" of our bodies. The ...

Reciprocity—I scratch your back; you scratch mine—has long been thought to be one of the hallmarks of friendship and other close relationships. In the world of nonhuman primates, the back-scratching ...

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