Artificial intelligence can predict a person’s chances of dying within a year by looking at heart test results, but doctors can’t work out what patterns it’s picking up Source: https://www.newscientist.com/article/2222907-ai-can-predict-if-youll-die-soon-but-weve-no-idea-how-it-works/?utm_campaign=RSS%7CNSNS&utm_source=NSNS&utm_medium=RSS&utm_content=home…
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Third ‘Terminator’ Reboot Bombs at Box Office
“Terminator: Dark Fate once again failed to avoid Judgment Day because audiences just don’t care about the Terminator as a brand, an IP or a franchise,” writes a box office pundit at Forbes. He points out the newly-released film earned just $10.6 million on its opening day: The sci-fi sequel, directed by Tim Miller, produced by James Cameron, and starring franchise…
Intel Launches Core i9-9900KS 8-Core CPU At 5GHz Across All Cores
MojoKid writes: As the “S” in its name implies, the new Intel Core i9-9900KS that launched today is something akin to a Special Edition version of the company’s existing Core i9-9900K 8-core CPU. The processors are built from the same slab of silicon — an 8-core, Coffee Lake-refresh based die and packaged up for Intel’s LGA1151 socket. What makes the Core…
Ocean Acidification Can Cause Mass Extinctions, Fossils Reveal
After analyzing fossil records from 66 million years ago, researchers determined that ocean acidification can cause the mass extinction of marine life. The Guardian reports: The researchers analysed small seashells in sediment laid down shortly after a giant meteorite hit the Earth, wiping out the dinosaurs and three-quarters of marine species. Chemical analysis of the shells showed a sharp drop in…
Deadly frog fungus now thrives where we thought it couldn’t survive
A notorious fungus that is devastating amphibian populations is far more common than first thought, leaving biologists wondering why only some infected animals die Source: https://www.newscientist.com/article/2220158-deadly-frog-fungus-now-thrives-where-we-thought-it-couldnt-survive/?utm_campaign=RSS%7CNSNS&utm_source=NSNS&utm_medium=RSS&utm_content=home…
Tiny stature of extinct ‘Hobbit’ thanks to fast evolution
New research suggests that the tiny human species – that survived until about 18,000 years ago, later than any human species other than our own – evolved its small size remarkably quickly while living on an isolated island. Source: https://earthsky.org/human-world/tiny-extinct-hobbit-human-species-fast-evolution…
The last mammoths died on a remote island
A new study suggests that about 4,000 years ago, a combination of Isolation, extreme weather, and the arrival of humans on Wrangel Island in the Arctic Ocean killed off Earth’s last population of mammoths. Source: https://earthsky.org/earth/last-wooly-mammoths-died-on-remote-island…
To Live or Die by Google Search Brings an Escalating Cost
“Where’s the best place to hide a body? The second page of a Google search.” The gallows humor shows that people rarely look beyond the first few results of a search, but Lee Griffin isn’t laughing. From a report: In the 13 years since he co-founded British price comparison website GoCompare, the 41-year-old has tried to keep his company at the…
Why leaves change color in fall
The vivid yellows and oranges of autumn leaves are there throughout spring and summer, but hidden. Source: https://earthsky.org/earth/why-do-tree-leaves-turn-red-in-fall…
Transferring Vaginal Fluids Could ‘Revolutionize’ Women’s Health, Researchers Say
While fecal transplants have proven to be quite successful, researchers are now experimenting with swapping vaginal fluids to improve health. “If [vaginal microbiota transplants (VMTs)] work as researchers hypothesize, they could rub out many common problems at once,” reports Ars Technica. “And based on what we know of vaginas, they could be far less messy than transplants involving poop.” From the…