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Singularity Hub - 21 Oct 2017 17:00
ARTIFICIAL INTELLIGENCE Stunning AI Breakthrough Takes Us One Step Closer to the Singularity George Dvorsky | Gizmodo "A new paper published in Nature today describes how the artificially intelligent system that defeated...
Watch Acetone Vapor Melt a Calculator Like a Salvador Dalí Painting
Live Science - 21 Oct 2017 18:09Mosquitos to Other Flying Insects: Do You Even Generate Lift?
Scientific American - 21 Oct 2017 01:17Acetaminophen may help reduce postoperative shivering
Science Daily - 21 Oct 2017 20:39
Administering acetaminophen, such as Tylenol, during surgery may reduce the incidence of postoperative shivering, suggests a new study.
Mosquitoes to Other Flying Insects: Do You Even Generate Lift?
Scientific American - 21 Oct 2017 01:17Breast cancer risk quantified based on rare variants and background risk
Science Daily - 21 Oct 2017 00:25
Rare variants combined with background genetic risk factors may account for many unexplained cases of familial breast cancer, and knowing the specific genes involved could inform choice of prevention and treatment strate...
Exploring how herpes simplex virus changes when passed between family members
Science Daily - 21 Oct 2017 00:25
A new study offers a rare glimpse into the genetics of a herpes simplex virus transmission event -- information that may prove useful in future development of therapeutics and vaccines. The study reveals nearly perfect g...
Pollution responsible for 16 percent of early deaths globally
Science Daily - 21 Oct 2017 00:25
Diseases caused by pollution were responsible in 2015 for an estimated 9 million premature deaths -- 16 percent of all deaths worldwide, according to a report.