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What is ‘closed loop Bayesian optimization’ and how can it help us bake the perfect brownies?
A new scientific paradigm revolving around the use of algorithms is solving optimisation problems and increasing scientists’ efficiency – and ...
Viewpoint: Why we need to replace the current pesticide assessment system
The more we spray, the fewer insects are allowed to thrive. There is also that bird populations are affected by ...
How do the ‘communication cables’ of the brain work?
The brain controls everything we do, from fundamental processes like breathing and blinking, to more advanced actions like dancing or ...
Toilet wisdom: Why some people never gain weight
A small group of people have been thin since birth and have always found it very difficult to gain weight ...
Low-carb diets might help treat Alzheimer’s, ALS—and even cancer?
[T]here is a growing interest in [Ketogenic] extreme high-fat diet among researchers. In 2019 alone, more than a thousand new ...
How to use your brain to keep food cravings from turning into eating
Many believe that cravings are caused by low blood sugar, or that the body lacks certain other nutrients. In the ...
Spider venom and fungi: The next generation of ‘eco-friendly’ biopesticides
The global population is predicted to reach 9.77 billion people by the end of 2050, before peaking at more than ...
The thicker your cerebral cortex, the easier it is to learn new languages
Researchers have long known that the brain changes when people learn a new language. But the relationship between the ability ...
Talk, talk talk: We have 193 countries but have evolved more than 8,400 languages
In Italy they speak Italian. In Germany they speak German, and in Denmark, Danish. If this was true for all ...
Viewpoint: We need a conversation about gene editing and eugenics
[Editor's note: Karin Christiansen is head of research at the Centre for Health Technology at the Faculty of Health, VIA ...
Melting pot of Eurasia genetically constant despite 8,000 years of cultural change
Alexander the Great’s army, Genghis Khan’s Mongolian hordes, and the Ottomans all moved through this hub: The Southern Caucasus. This ...
Twin study suggests politics and genetics go together
You may have your mom's laugh, and your dad's nose, but do you also inherit your parents' political leanings? A ...
Genes reveal Palaeolithic genders
When human remains are quite old and incomplete, scientists have found it difficult to determine whether they came from a ...
Why cloned animals aren’t identical
The following is an excerpt. Cloned animals are normally considered to be more alike than those that are conceived naturally, ...
DNA from the bottom of Greenland’s ice sheet reveals a lush, green landscape in the past
DNA residues drilled up from Greenland’s ice sheet base reveal a green, lush landscape before the great island became covered ...
Genetic development may protect the Maasai people of Africa
The Maasai are a very special people who live primarily from farming and livestock activities in Kenya and Tanzania. They ...
Your genes decide how old you get
If your grandparents were able to celebrate their 90th birthday there’s a good chance you might do the same. Our ...
Synthetic DNA is tomorrow’s medicine
An international team of researchers has created revolutionary proteins that can copy synthetic genetic material – the so-called XNA (Xeno-Nucleic ...