A key feature of human language is our ability to combine words into larger compositional phrases i.e. where the meaning of the whole is related to the meaning of the parts. Where this ability came from or how it evolved, however, is less clear.
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New Study Shows Non-Optimal Temperature is a Significant Contributor to Cardiovascular Disease Burden Globally
A new study by physician-scientists at University Hospitals (UH) Harrington Heart & Vascular Institute has shown that non-optimal temperatures have a significant impact on the cardiovascular disease (CVD) burden across the globe.
Machine Learning Can Support Urban Planning for Energy Use
Drexel Researchers Present a Machine Learning Approach for Predicting Philadelphia’s Future Energy Use.
A Special Omega-3 Fatty Acid Lipid Will Change How We Look at the Developing and Ageing Brain, Duke-NUS Researchers Find
Scientists have found a lipid transporter crucial to regulating the cells that make myelin, the nerve-protecting sheath.
AI Could Run a Million Microbial Experiments Per Year
An artificial intelligence system enables robots to conduct autonomous scientific experiments—as many as 10,000 per day—potentially driving a drastic leap forward in the pace of discovery in areas from medicine to agriculture to environmental science.
Archaeologists Map Hidden NT Landscape
Scientists at Flinders University have used sub-surface imaging and aerial surveys to see through floodplains in the Red Lily Lagoon area of West Arnhem Land.