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Foxp2, a gene involved in speech and language, helps regulate the wiring of neurons in the brain, according to a study which will be published on July 7th in the open-access journal PLoS Genetics.

An early step toward letting severely paralyzed people speak with their thoughts, researchers translated brain signals into words using two grids of 16 microelectrodes implanted beneath the skull but atop the brain.

54 billion in loan guarantees for nuclear in the new DOE budget. President Obama called for "building a new generation of safe, clean nuclear power plants in this country" in last week's State of the Union speech.

In a Nevada town hall meeting, President Obama took on the global warming deniers, explaining in straightforward language how record snowstorms in the nation’s capital are connected to manmade climate change.

Here is the speech William Safire drafted for President Nixon to read in case the Apollo 11 Astronauts became stranded on the moon! It is a wonderful piece of alternate universe American history, in which Nixon had to explain to a nation that Aldrin and Armstrong were going to die on the moon...

People who struggle to distinguish musical notes have fewer brain connections in an area involved in language and speech. Thus, as the same connections are involved in language, rehabilitation strategies for tone deafness may also help with speech and language disorders

Accepting the 2006 TED Prize, Dr. Larry Brilliant talks about how smallpox was eradicated from the planet, and calls for a new global system that can identify and contain pandemics before they spread.

Discover the inside of the brain as well as the lobes of the cortex involved in the different functions of your brain.