Facial heat patterns reveal vital health clues
A quick examination of the face can reveal whether we are ageing well and our risk of developing certain diseases. Chinese scientists have found that comparing the heat coming off the nose, cheeks…
Rock art in Venezuela may belong to an unknown culture
Archaeologists in Venezuela have made a groundbreaking discovery of 20 previously unknown rock art sites in Canaima National Park. This southeastern region of Venezuela, known for its vast forests and mountainous terrain, is…
Neural prosthesis helps amputees walk naturally.
Anne Trafton | MIT News State-of-the-art prosthetic limbs can help people with amputations achieve a natural walking gait, but they don’t give the user full neural control over the limb. Instead, they rely on robotic…
Artificial intelligence: how we got here and where we’re going
Adrian Hopgood, University of Portsmouth With the current buzz around artificial intelligence (AI), it would be easy to assume that it is a recent innovation. In fact, AI has been around in one…
Japanese scientists create artificial womb for baby sharks
Researchers at the Okinawa Churaumi Aquarium in Motobu, Japan, have developed an artificial womb capable of incubating embryos of thin-tailed lantern sharks (Etmopterus molleri) that were born prematurely, allowing them to develop to…
AI models that analyze medical images can be biased
Anne Trafton | MIT News Artificial intelligence models often play a role in medical diagnoses, especially when it comes to analyzing images such as X-rays. However, studies have found that these models don’t always perform…
Japanese scientists create living robot skin
Researchers at the University of Tokyo have developed a groundbreaking method to bind engineered skin tissue to the complex forms of humanoid robots. This innovation, led by Professor Shoji Takeuchi, offers significant advancements…
Deepfake, AI or real? Challenges in protecting children online
Terry Goldsworthy, Bond University and Gaelle Brotto Artificial intelligence (AI), now an integral part of our everyday lives, is becoming increasingly accessible and ubiquitous. Consequently, there’s a growing trend of AI advancements being…
What Lucy fossil reveals about nudity and shame
Stacy Keltner, Kennesaw State University Fifty years ago, scientists discovered a nearly complete fossilized skull and hundreds of pieces of bone of a 3.2-million-year-old female specimen of the genus Australopithecus afarensis, often described…
Prototypes for habitats far from planet Earth.
Maria Iacobo | School of Architecture and Planning A new MIT course this spring asked students to design what humans might need to comfortably work in and inhabit space. The time for these creations is…