Biased bots: Human prejudices sneak into artificial intelligence systems
Researchers found that certain search terms revealed AI bias.
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In debates over the future of artificial intelligence, many experts think of the new...
How nature engineered the original rotary motor
Bacterial growth concept illustration (stock image).
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The bacterial flagellum is one of nature's smallest motors, rotating at up to 60,000 revolutions...
Device pulls water from dry air, powered only by the sun
This is the water harvester built at MIT with MOFs from UC Berkeley. Using only sunlight, the harvester can pull liters of water from...
Hunting accounts for 83 and 58 percent declines in tropical mammal and bird populations
A decline of species abundance in hunted forest within 0-40 km from hunter access points.
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Hunting is a major threat to wildlife...
25 is ‘golden age’ for the ability to make random choices
To better understand how age impacts random behavior, researchers assessed more than 3,400 people aged 4 to 91 years old.
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People's...
How to color a lizard: From biology to mathematics
The skin color pattern of this southwestern European lizard changes scale by scale.
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From the clown fish to leopards, skin colour patterns in animals...
Surprising brain change appears to drive alcohol dependence
This study sheds light on how alcohol functionally alters the brain.
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A new study led by scientists at The Scripps Research...
College students study best later in the day, study shows
New University of Nevada, Reno and The Open University research study used two new approaches to determine ranges of the best times of day...
Tick tock, stay ahead of the aging clock
How does the epigenetic clock work? And is it possible to change the ticking rate?
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Ageing in humans (and animals)...
Nanoparticle research tested in locusts focuses on new drug-delivery method
Engineers at Washington University in St. Louis used nanoparticles, aerosol technology and locusts in proof of concept research that could someday change the way...
Infants show racial bias toward members of own ethnicity, against those of others
New findings are important because they offer a new perspective on the cause of race-based bias.
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Two studies by researchers...
