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AI has long been guilty of systematic errors that discriminate against certain demographic groups. Facial recognition was once one of the worst offenders. For white men, it was extremely accurate. …
Our degree of contentment changes with age Simon Dawson/Bloomberg via Getty Images We used to get especially dissatisfied with life during middle age, creating an “unhappiness hump” nestled between the …
Like Uranus’s other 28 moons, the newfound object spotted by JWST will be named after a William Shakespeare or Alexander Pope character.
Artist’s illustration of the ancient reptile Kostensuchus atrox Gabriel Diaz Yanten, CC-BY 4.0 An ancient crocodile relative that lived around 70 million years ago was probably such a formidable predator …
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A fetus’s immune cells are affected by the hormones produced by the mother PeopleImages.com – #2323955 Stress during pregnancy, perhaps around the 6-to-8-month mark especially, may prime certain immune cells …
A strange and mysterious extinct dog breed from far southern South America might not have been a dog at all. The “Fuegian dogs” that lived with the Indigenous peoples of …
Someone’s cervical cancer risk could be gauged non-invasively by collecting and analysing samples of their urine SolStock/Getty Images Urine tests seem to detect strains of the human papillomavirus (HPV) that …
Scientists have, for the first time, transplanted a genetically engineered pig lung into a human. The lung tissue remained alive for nine days after the transplant despite early signs of …