A dial for tuning the immune system: Discovery sheds light on why COVID makes some sicker than others
Researchers have discovered a protein variant that serves as a knob for regulating the body’s innate immune response. The findings […]
December 2024
Scientists collect ‘microbial fingerprints’ found in household plumbing
Household plumbing is alive with microbes; environmental engineers are working to study those ecosystems to ensure clean water flows in
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Are LLMs capable of non-verbal reasoning?
Large language models have found great success so far by using their transformer architecture to effectively predict the next words (i.e., language tokens)
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Google-Backed AI Startup Announces Plans to Stop Grooming Teenagers
Content warning: this story discusses sexual abuse, self-harm, suicide, eating disorders and other disturbing topics. Earlier this week, Futurism reported
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Tech companies claim AI can recognise human emotions. But the science doesn’t stack up
Master1305/Shutterstock Can artificial intelligence (AI) tell whether you’re happy, sad, angry or frustrated? According to technology companies that offer AI-enabled
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Oldest modern human genomes sequenced
Few genomes have been sequenced from early modern humans, who first arrived in Europe when the region was already inhabited
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A new timeline for Neanderthal interbreeding with modern humans
Neanderthal genes make up 1-2% of the genomes of non-Africans. Scientists analyzed the lengths of regions of Neanderthal DNA in
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Superflares once per century
Stars similar to the Sun produce a gigantic outburst of radiation on average about once every hundred years per star.
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AI Now Senior EU and Global Governance Lead Frederike Kaltheuner Provides Expert Consultation at UN Guiding Principles on Business and Human rights
On November 28th, 2024 EU and Global Governance Lead Frederike Kaltheuner provided Expert Consultation to discuss challenges, good practices, and
AI in health should be regulated, but don’t forget about the algorithms, researchers say
One might argue that one of the primary duties of a physician is to constantly evaluate and re-evaluate the odds:
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