[ad_1] There are a growing number of people who deny the threats that many species face. It is a worrying trend, writes Graham Lawton Life | Comment 10 March 2021 By Graham Lawton Universal Images Group via Getty Images A COUPLE of weeks ago, I got sucked down an internet rabbit hole – or should […]
[ad_1] Social media is awash with people claiming that regular cold dips have transformed their health and well-being. We investigate whether it is actually good for you Health 10 March 2021 By Alison George Plunging the body into cold water stimulates the release of a cocktail of invigorating chemicals Jacob Staedler/EyeEm/Getty Images “IT’S like pressing […]
[ad_1] Josie Ford This is not an apple Another week, another artificial intelligence going decidedly off-piste. We recently mentioned the autonomous video-interviewing system that appeared to be grading candidates on the strength of the bookcase behind them (27 February). Now a paper published on the website of the company OpenAI reveals how CLIP, a neural […]
[ad_1] Allergic reactions to foods are a growing, potentially life-threatening problem. The good news is we can turn this around, says Kari Nadeau Health | Comment 10 March 2021 By Kari Nadeau Michelle D’urbano FOOD allergies have been on the rise. In the US, it is now estimated that over 10 per cent of the […]
[ad_1] By Adam Vaughan Some national parks in India are being opened up for gas and oil wells Anupam Nath/AP/Shutterstock Covid-19 stimulus plans around the world are undermining protected areas for wildlife and habitats more often than not, according to researchers who say the measures are increasing the risk of a future pandemic. An analysis […]
[ad_1] There is an abundance of weird and wonderful life in the depths of the sea – and The Brilliant Abyss by Helen Scales is an excellent introduction to it Life 10 March 2021 By Eleanor Parsons A deep-red jellyfish in the medusa stage, living in the Arctic Ocean NOAA The Brilliant Abyss Helen Scales […]
[ad_1] By Matthew Sparkes The discomfort some people get from virtual reality can be fixed with an AI tweak JEROME FAVRE/EPA-EFE/Shutterstock Virtual reality can be compelling and immersive but the discrepancy between what you see and what your inner ear tells you is happening to your body can provoke a nauseous reaction called cybersickness. AI […]
[ad_1] By Sam Wong Archive PL/Alamy Today’s Google doodle celebrates Wu Lien-teh, an epidemiologist who pioneered the use of face masks to control an epidemic more than a century before the advent of covid-19. Born in Penang, Malaysia, on 10 March 1879 and educated in the UK, Wu was recruited to work on a deadly […]
[ad_1] By Leah Crane Gravity is measured between two gold masses that are brought close to each other Tobias Westphal, University of Vienna Physicists have measured the gravitational field of a smaller object than ever before, a gold sphere with a mass of about 90 milligrams. This could help us understand how gravity fits together […]
[ad_1] By Michael Le Page , Clare Wilson , Jessica Hamzelou , Sam Wong , Graham Lawton , Adam Vaughan , Conrad Quilty-Harper and Layal Liverpool A man wearing a protective suit works at a cemetery in Chislehurst, as the spread of the coronavirus disease (COVID-19) continues REUTERS/Hannah McKay Latest coronavirus news as of 5pm […]