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How We Filter Out Background Sounds When Speaking
Summary: Researchers have traced how the brain filters out background noise during speech using signals between the motor and auditory cortices. These milliseconds-long electrical signals, called auditory corollary discharge, originate…
Empathy Loss in Dementia Linked to Brain Activity Changes
Summary: Frontotemporal dementia, affecting about 3% of dementia patients in Sweden, is characterized by a loss of empathy that challenges patients and their families. Using functional MRI, researchers found that…
Engineers reveal concept for detonative propulsion
Conceptual scheme of a supersonic vehicle using the ram-rotor detonation engine. Credit: Chinese Journal of Aeronautics Detonation is a supersonic combustion wave, characterized by a shock wave driven by the…
Musk’s $55.8 bn Tesla pay deal again rejected by US judge
Tesla shareholders originally backed the Elon Musk compensation plan in March 2018. A US judge on Monday upheld her decision to reject Elon Musk’s massive $55.8 billion compensation package at…
How Alcohol Increases Pain Tolerance, and Aggression
Summary: Alcohol not only raises pain tolerance but also amplifies aggression, according to a new study. Researchers found that participants who drank alcohol had higher pain thresholds and were more…
Sails make a comeback in shipping, to dent its huge carbon footprint
The sailboat ‘Grain de Sail II’ sails off Saint Malo, western France, Nov. 6, 2024. Credit: AP Photo/Thibault Camus Had he continued working aboard fuel-powered cargo ships, Yann Jourdan reckons…
India’s big push for solar power
India is building what it boasts will be the world’s largest renewable power plant. Vast lines of solar panels reflect the blazing sun in India’s western deserts, a dazzling ocean…
