Facebook says its AI could help find drug combinations to treat cancer
Facebook claims that its new artificial intelligence can predict the way drugs interact with each other inside cells quicker than...
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- Mar 9, 2021
How neuroscience is exploding the myth of male and female brains
MEN are good at map-reading; women can’t park cars. Men are better at fixing stuff – but only one thing at a time. Women, in contrast,...
- Mar 8, 2021
Benefits of microdosing psychedelic drugs may be due to placebo
Claims that microdoses of psychedelic drugs like LSD or the active ingredient of magic mushrooms bring mental benefits may be due to the...
- Jan 20, 2021
Stunning fossil suggests dinosaurs lured mates with smell and vision
A reconstruction of the only fossilised dinosaur cloaca in existence may help illuminate how the prehistoric animals mated. The cloaca is...
- Jan 4, 2021
What four coronaviruses from history can tell us about covid-19
IN 1889, a disease outbreak in central Asia went global, igniting a pandemic that burned into the following year. It caused fever and...
- Dec 7, 2020
9 of the best board games to play for fans of science and tech
We’re living in a golden age for board games. They are experiencing an explosion in popularity as sales have soared during covid-19...
- Nov 25, 2020
We constantly eat microplastics. What does that mean for our health?
This morning I tried to count how many plastic objects are in my house. I got as far as the bottom drawer in my kitchen cabinet – which...