By analysing videos of penalty kicks, a deep learning model was able to predict whether a shot would go to the goalkeeper’s left or right with 64 per cent accuracy By analysing videos of penalty kicks, a deep learning model was able to predict whether a shot would go to the goalkeeper’s left or right …
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A groundbreaking study involving genetic data from over five million people has uncovered how our DNA can predict obesity risk as early as childhood. The new polygenic risk score outperforms previous methods, helping to identify high-risk children before weight issues develop paving the way for early lifestyle interventions. A groundbreaking study involving genetic data from …
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A groundbreaking study from Flinders University reveals that it’s not just making eye contact that matters, but precisely when and how you do it. By studying interactions between humans and virtual partners, researchers discovered a powerful gaze sequence that makes people more likely to interpret a look as a call for help. Even more surprising: …
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For centuries, we’ve imagined Neanderthals as distant cousins — a separate species that vanished long ago. But thanks to AI-powered genetic research, scientists have revealed a far more entangled history. Modern humans and Neanderthals didn’t just cross paths; they repeatedly interbred, shared genes, and even merged populations over nearly 250,000 years. These revelations suggest that …
Princeton study maps 200,000 years of Human–Neanderthal interbreeding Read More »
Zebrafish can regenerate sensory hair cells that humans permanently lose, like those in the inner ear linked to hearing and balance. New research reveals two specific genes that control how different supporting cells in zebrafish divide and regenerate, offering clues to how mammals might someday tap into similar regenerative powers. Zebrafish can regenerate sensory hair …
A 13-million-year-old leg bone from an enormous flightless bird carries crocodilian tooth marks, showing South America was once a predator-eat-predator world A 13-million-year-old leg bone from an enormous flightless bird carries crocodilian tooth marks, showing South America was once a predator-eat-predator world A 13-million-year-old leg bone from an enormous flightless bird carries crocodilian tooth marks, showing …
Ancient ‘terror birds’ may have been no match for hungry giant caimans Read More »
Reducing air pollution is critical for improving public health, but it has brought big climate trade-offs Reducing air pollution is critical for improving public health, but it has brought big climate trade-offs Reducing air pollution is critical for improving public health, but it has brought big climate trade-offs
A 500-million-year-old sea creature called Mollisonia shared a similar brain structure to modern spiders, suggesting that arachnids first evolved in the sea A 500-million-year-old sea creature called Mollisonia shared a similar brain structure to modern spiders, suggesting that arachnids first evolved in the sea A 500-million-year-old sea creature called Mollisonia shared a similar brain structure to …
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The covid-19 pandemic changed our lives, and the world, in many ways – and now we are starting to understand its wider neurological effects The covid-19 pandemic changed our lives, and the world, in many ways – and now we are starting to understand its wider neurological effects The covid-19 pandemic changed our lives, and the …
The pandemic may have aged our brains even before we caught covid-19 Read More »
Leaf-toed geckos were thought to be locally extinct on Rabida Island, but the diminutive reptiles have re-emerged after a campaign to eliminate invasive rats Leaf-toed geckos were thought to be locally extinct on Rabida Island, but the diminutive reptiles have re-emerged after a campaign to eliminate invasive rats Leaf-toed geckos were thought to be locally extinct …
Tiny elusive gecko rediscovered on one of the Galapagos islands Read More »