You’re a fourth-year veterinary student, and it’s Day 2 of your emergency clinic rotation. Before you’ve had time for coffee, a lethargic German shepherd in respiratory distress is rushed through the ...

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Children about to undergo a magnetic resonance imaging (MRI) scan might understandably feel apprehensive, but a study suggested that their fears could be eased by giving them a 'play kit' that uses a ...

Neuroscientists watched the brains of mice as they played virtual reality games to elucidate how memory goes from its initial formation in the hippocampus to longer-term storage in the cortex.

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You may be tempted to confuse the metaverse with a virtual reality world. Certainly, the metaverse is a virtual world in which one can explore, interact and create content. However, the differences ...

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