Changes in the gut microbiome have been implicated in a range of diseases including type 2 diabetes, obesity, and inflammatory bowel disease. Now, a team of researchers has found that microbes in the gut may affect cardiovascular disease as well. The team has identified specific species of bacteria that consume cholesterol in the gut and …

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Infant gut microbiomes oscillate with a circadian rhythm, even when they are cultivated outside of the body. Researchers report that the rhythm is detectable as early as 2 weeks after birth but becomes more pronounced with age. The finding comes from a randomized controlled trial that also showed that diet has less impact on the …

Infant gut microbes have their own circadian rhythm, and diet has little impact on how the microbiome assembles Read More »

How do you spread a message about climate change? According to an international study involving 59,000 participants, some tactics may actually reduce support. ​How do you spread a message about climate change? According to an international study involving 59,000 participants, some tactics may actually reduce support. How do you spread a message about climate change? According …

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Researchers made an AI image generator produce less offensive images by feeding it a tiny amount of additional training data ​Researchers made an AI image generator produce less offensive images by feeding it a tiny amount of additional training data Researchers made an AI image generator produce less offensive images by feeding it a tiny amount …

Showing AI just 1000 extra images reduced AI-generated stereotypes Read More »

Previous research suggests that babies can recognise nursery rhymes that were sung to them while they were in the uterus. Now, scientists have found they also seem to remember nursery rhymes that are spoken with no tune   ​Previous research suggests that babies can recognise nursery rhymes that were sung to them while they were …

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Attention-Deficit Hyperactivity Disorder (ADHD) is the most common pediatric neurobehavioral disorder with a prevalence of approximately 7%-10% in school-age children. ADHD significantly affects functioning throughout life including academic achievement, social and family relationships and occupational success, predisposing individuals to secondary psychopathology, substance use, justice system involvement and suicide. Fortunately, ADHD is treatable, most effectively with …

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Using cutting-edge computational methods and supercomputing infrastructure, researchers have built the largest and most detailed bird family tree to date — an intricate chart delineating 93 million years of evolutionary relationships between 363 bird species, representing 92% of all bird families. The updated tree reveals sharp increases in effective population size, substitution rates and relative …

Computational tools fuel reconstruction of new and improved bird family tree Read More »