Should you grab your umbrella before you walk out the door? Checking the weather forecast beforehand will only be helpful if that forecast is accurate.
Spatial prediction problems, like weather forecasting or air pollution…
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Later Menopause Linked to Lower Heart Disease Risk
A new study published in the journal Circulation Research indicates that women who experience menopause later in life (age 55 or later) have healthier blood vessels and mitochondria, which likely contribute…
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Omega-3 Supplements May Slow Aging Process
New research published in Nature Aging has shown that a daily intake of one gram of omega-3 may slow down biological aging.
The study was a post-hoc analysis of the DO-HEALTH trial, which studied the effects…
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Evidence of ancient cultural cannibalism practices uncovered in Poland
An international team led by IPHES-CERCA and CSIC, has uncovered evidence of cultural cannibalism among Magdalenian communities in Maszycka Cave, Poland.
Maszycka Cave is located 20 km’s north of Karakow in the Pradnik valley, where previous…
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Rat Populations Rise as Climate Change Warms Larger Cities
Rat infestations are increasing all around the world, and scientists suggest that climate change may be to blame. Publishing their results in a recent Science Advances article, a team of researchers analyzed rat populations in 16 cities from…
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Streamlining data collection for improved salmon population management | MIT News
Sara Beery came to MIT as an assistant professor in MIT’s Department of Electrical Engineering and Computer Science (EECS) eager to focus on ecological challenges. She has fashioned her research career around the…
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Songs of Humpback Whales Show Human Language-Like Statistical Structure
An international team of researchers has analyzed the groans, moans, whistles, barks, shrieks and squeaks in humpback whale song recordings collected over eight years in New Caledonia.
Arnon et al. uncovered the same statistical structure in…
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Even Bill Gates thinks AI is a little scary — Harvard Gazette
Bill Gates remembers being “a tough kid.”
“Some teachers wanted to put me ahead in school; some wanted to put me behind,” said the tech pioneer, who has noted in the past that he would likely be diagnosed on the autism spectrum if…
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Novel ‘living’ biomaterial aims to advance regenerative medicine
A biomaterial that can mimic certain behaviors within biological tissues could advance regenerative medicine, disease modeling, soft robotics and more, according to researchers at Penn State.
Materials created up to this point to mimic tissues…
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How life’s building blocks took shape on early Earth: The limits of membraneless polyester protocell formation
One leading theory on the origins of life on Earth proposes that simple chemical molecules gradually became more complex, ultimately forming protocells — primitive, non-living structures that were precursors of modern cells. A promising…
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