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Social Media Is A Faster Source For Unemployment Data Than Government

Government unemployment data today are what Nielsen TV ratings were decades ago - a flawed metric...

Gestational Diabetes Up 36% In The Last Decade - But Black Women Are Healthiest

Gestational diabetes, a form of glucose intolerance during pregnancy, occurs primarily in women...

Object-Based Processing: Numbers Confuse How We Perceive Spaces

Researchers recently studied the relationship between numerical information in our vision, and...

Males Are Genetically Wired To Beg Females For Food

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Moderate Alcohol And Breast Cancer: Real Epidemiology Or Just Statistical Correlation?

Moderate Alcohol And Breast Cancer: Real Epidemiology Or Just Statistical Correlation?

Sep 27 2018 | comment(s)

On occasion there are renewed claims that even moderate alcohol consumption might "cause" breast cancer. As science advances so do claims about new ways to suggest harm. An example is recent claims about epigenetic alterations and lifestyle behaviors.

Yet there are flaws in such a simplistic approach to correlating one lifestyle option out of hundreds, like modest alcohol consumption, and breast cancer, which comprises 21 subtypes with each subtype displaying its own unique pathological signature.
Why Is A Non-Browning Apple Less 'Natural' Than Non-Fat Milk?

Why Is A Non-Browning Apple Less 'Natural' Than Non-Fat Milk?

Sep 24 2018 | comment(s)

Once upon a time, non-fat milk (the cream removed) was only used for fattening pigs. It was clearly a technological process to remove the cream but it is not considered "unnatural" - in 2012, the Obama administration even told schools to start serving it as a healthier alternative to regular milk. Meanwhile, the same administration delayed a salmon because it had a gene from a similar salmon that would allow it to grow all year 'round. The second technology was "unnatural."
3 Million Year Old Footprints Suggest Human-Like Walking Evolved Long Before Humans Did

3 Million Year Old Footprints Suggest Human-Like Walking Evolved Long Before Humans Did

Sep 13 2018 | comment(s)

The transition from ape-like shuffling to upright walking (bipedalism) as we do has long fascinated scientists. Why did it happen? When? 

The second question is a little closer to being solved. An analysis of 3.6 million year old hominin footprints in Tanzania suggests our ancestors evolved the hallmark trait of extended leg, human-like bipedalism substantially earlier than previously thought. Many millions of years before humans. Like the chicken and the egg, there is a clear science answer about which came first even if philosophers are baffled.

AI GAN Will Boost Credibility Of Fake Videos

AI GAN Will Boost Credibility Of Fake Videos

Sep 12 2018 | comment(s)

Researchers at Carnege-Mellon University have found a way to use Artificial Intelligence (AI) schemes to transfer content from one video to the style of another. So they can make a daffodil bloom like the way a hibiscus bloom does or make clouds that are crossing the sky rapidly on a windy day be slowed to give the appearance of calmer weather during movie shoots.
Instagram's Positivity Problem - Even When Comments Are Good They're Bad

Instagram's Positivity Problem - Even When Comments Are Good They're Bad

Sep 12 2018 | comment(s)

There is a vicious cycle of vanity on social media, according to new results. College-age women who viewed positive feedback on Instagram selfies then experienced greater body dissatisfaction - because they put more focus on appearance and in the end fueled body dissatisfaction among viewers.
Solar Energy Gets A Golden Sandwich

Solar Energy Gets A Golden Sandwich

Sep 10 2018 | comment(s)

A new photoelectrode can harvest 85 percent of visible light in a 30 nanometers-thin semiconductor layer between gold layers, converting light energy 11 times more efficiently than previous methods, another step on the road to turning solar power from an expensive subsidized sideshow into the default energy of the future.