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Beauty is in the brain of the beholder: An AI generates personally attractive images by reading brain data

Mar 5, 2021

The researchers used artificial intelligence to interpret brain signals and combined the resulting brain-computer interface with a generative model of artificial faces. The study, which combines computer science and psychology,...

Will climate change outpace species adaptation?

Mar 4, 2021

According to a team of international researchers, species evolve heat tolerance more slowly than cold tolerance, and the level of heat they can adapt to has limits. In a study...

COVID-19: Inequalities widen for poorest young people in developing countries

Mar 4, 2021

Despite many young people in developing countries now returning to education or employment, interrupted learning, less reliable work, food shortages and significant mental health issues are widening inequalities, according to...

'Masks required' signs are coming down after Texas, Mississippi lift coronavirus restrictions

Mar 4, 2021

Greg Abbott, a Republican, rescinded coronavirus restrictions Tuesday, doing away with mask mandates and allowing businesses to operate at 100% capacity. The impact was immediate in both states and beyond,...

Texas schools, stores divided on masks as mandate ends

Mar 4, 2021

Greg Abbott says Texas is lifting a mask mandate and lifting business capacity limits next week. Greg Abbott says Texas is lifting a mask mandate and lifting business capacity limits...

MIT team improving gene therapies wins Sloan health care prize

Mar 4, 2021

The MIT team Kano Therapeutics won the 2021 Sloan Healthcare Innovations Prize Thursday with its novel approach for producing single-stranded DNA (ssDNA). The technology could make gene therapies safer, more...

Portrait of young galaxy throws theory of galaxy formation on its head

Mar 3, 2021

Portrait of young galaxy throws theory of galaxy formation on its head Science, Health & TechnologyScientists peer 12 billion years into the past to reveal distant galaxy with an unexpected...

NY testing 'COVID passport'

Mar 3, 2021

With the limited resumption of sporting events at venues in New York, Madison Square Garden and the Barclays Center will be used as testing grounds for a new digital pass...

INSIGHT-“When will it end?”: How a changing virus is reshaping scientists’ views on COVID-19

Mar 3, 2021

But, they say, data in recent weeks on new variants from South Africa and Brazil has undercut that optimism. And, scientists say there is still much to be learned about...

PRINCIPLE Covid-19 treatments trial widens to under 50s and adds colchicine

Mar 3, 2021

Previously, only those with Covid-19 aged 50 or over and at most risk of complications from the illness were eligible to join the PRINCIPLE trial. Participants are only eligible to...