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Efforts have been underway for years to improve the replicability of research studies, but some are skeptical of the US ...
"Returning the scientifically selected samples that await us on Mars, as part of a balanced portfolio, will help to ensure ...
When people know they are being assessed by AI rather than humans, they tend to present themselves as more analytical and ...
Google published a research paper describing how it extracts “services offered” information from local business sites to add it to business profiles in Google Maps and Search. The algorithm ...
Previously described as playing astronomical "spot the difference," Kilonova Seekers asks the public to compare the latest ...
Agricultural tools powered by AI are now capable of analysing everything from historical crop data to satellite imagery and ...
The demise of the English paper will end a long intellectual tradition, but it’s also an opportunity to reëxamine the purpose ...
A new study in PLOS Biology shows that deep N2 sleep, rather than light N1 sleep, dramatically boosts the likelihood of “aha” ...
Scientists at the University of Southampton have developed a new way of analyzing fossils, allowing them to see how creatures ...
A new book offers a valuable discussion of the double bind in which many researchers and lab technicians find themselves: having to care for animals who will then be killed.
Based on several lines of interesting data, the authors conclude that FMRP, though associated with stalled ribosomes, does not determine the position on the mRNAs at which ribosomes stall. Although ...
What infrastructure is needed to realise the potential of AI in health and care? This long read considers the technical, environmental and system capabilities required.