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Some of the world’s most advanced AI systems struggle to tell the time and work out dates on calendars, a study suggests

Image Processing in C (2000) [pdf]

Eating a high fat, low carbohydrate diet could help to manage symptoms in patients with bipolar disorder, a study suggests

AI-powered blood test spots earliest breast cancer signs: « A new screening method that combines laser analysis with a type of AI is the first of its kind to identify patients in the earliest stage of breast cancer

Parasites that cause the deadly illness known as sleeping sickness can spread beyond their native Africa as a result of mutations to key genes, a study shows.

The Cognitive Style of PowerPoint (2006) [pdf]

Tantrums in children could be linked to ADHD: Preschool children who struggle to control their emotions and behaviour have more symptoms of attention deficit hyperactivity disorder – known as ADHD - at age seven…

Thirty five years of satellite imagery show plant cover is increasing on the northernmost part of Antarctica

We could write nearly perfect software but we choose not to

In low-sunlight locations, exposure to higher levels of UV radiation found in sunlight was linked to a drop in deaths due to cardiovascular disease and cancer

Finding the orientation that two objects will fit within each other

Reducing US adults’ processed meat intake by 30% (equivalent to around 10 slices of bacon a week) would, over a decade, prevent more than 350,000 cases of diabetes…

Global scale of deaths caused by pollution laid bare

Scooping the Loop Snooper (2000)

Peter Higgs Has Died

Ice melt barriers disappearing by the double: Undersea anchors of ice that help prevent Antarctica’s land ice from slipping into the ocean are shrinking at more than twice the rate compared with 50 years ago…

Ian Wilmut, Scientist Behind Dolly the Cloned Sheep, Is Dead at 79

An invariant from category theory solves a problem in mathematical ecology [pdf]

Violence was widespread in early farming society

Influencers on social media have contributed to an uptake of people using cosmetic procedures to enhance their appearance, research suggests

Urban greenspace linked to lower crime risk across 301 major U.S. cities

The Discoveries of Continuation

Huge Amazon swamp carbon stores under threat

Researchers have discovered that the common bacteria E

The Cognitive Style of Power Point (2003)

People who eat a Mediterranean-style diet--particularly one rich in green leafy vegetables and low in meat--are more likely to stay mentally sharp in later life

Knot Theory and its Applications

Dinosaur embryo find helps crack baby tyrannosaur mystery

Statecharts: A Visual Formalism for Complex Systems (1987)

More Taste: Less Greed? Or, Sending Unix to the Fat Farm (1990)

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