The Portland Democrat, himself a nurse, said there's a role for AI in health care — but don't call a robot a nurse.

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Children are taught that doctors are trustworthy healers, so there’s a special sense of betrayal when they inflict pain.

Researchers from The University of Manchester—in collaboration with the Universities of Granada, Lund, and Oslo—have ...

Some classic sci-fi novels get the luxury of excellent big-screen adaptations (like Denis Villeneuve’s work on Dune); others are so complex that they are almost impossible to adapt. Sometimes, ...

Are you an anxious introvert or a thinking introvert? Low-functioning or high? It turns out your need for alone time depends on what type of introvert you are.

For decades, scientists assumed that life on Earth emerged through a chain of highly improbable flukes. But a new theory suggests it may have instead arrived just in time.

A woman has sparked an 'existential crisis' among viewers after explaining her 'eerie' conspiracy theory about immortality.