The Persistent Mystery Of Language Evolution

The Persistent Mystery Of Language Evolution

The evolution of human speech was far more complex than is implied by some recent attempts to link it to a specific gene, says Robert Berwick, professor of computational linguistics at MIT. Berwick…
The art of sausage-making

The art of sausage-making

A butcher from Mindelheim and Fraunhofer scientists have succeeded in manufacturing tasty sausage varieties containing only two to three percent of fat. The almost fat-free sausage is now making its…
'Lab on a chip' speeds studies of brain cells

'Lab on a chip' speeds studies of brain cells

Johns Hopkins researchers from the Whiting School of Engineering and the School of Medicine have devised a micro-scale tool - a lab on a chip - designed to mimic the chemical complexities of the…