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Police Across Canada Are Using Predictive Policing Algorithms

Police Across Canada Are Using Predictive Policing Algorithms, Report Finds: Police across Canada are increasingly adopting algorithmic technology to predict crime. The authors of a new report say human rights are threatened by the practice.
Source: vice.com

How I launched WHO's covid-19 response in the Central African Republic

How I launched WHO's covid-19 response in the Central African Republic: Marie-Roseline Darnycka Bélizaire of the WHO explains the challenges of responding to coronavirus in the Central African Republic in the face of limited resources.
Source: newscientist.com

UK's 'first geothermal lido' opens in Cornwall

UK's 'first geothermal lido' opens in Cornwall: The pool in Penzance is mainly heated by a 410m-deep well and reaches a temperature of 35°C.
Source: bbc.com

'I just need food in my belly and a bed to lie on': Big Issue sellers see sales plummet as shoppers stay away from town

'I just need food in my belly and a bed to lie on': Big Issue sellers see sales plummet as shoppers stay away from town and city centres.
Source: bbc.co.uk

Google performed the first quantum simulation of a chemical reaction

For the first time, Google has used its quantum computer Sycamore to simulate a chemical reaction, paving the way for quantum chemistry algorithms
Source: newscientist.com

A New Era of Coronavirus Testing Is About to Begin: A newly authorized test promises to double America’s monthly testing

A New Era of Coronavirus Testing Is About to Begin: A newly authorized test promises to double America’s monthly testing capacity, thanks in part to a huge purchase by the Trump administration. Can the test deliver?
Source: theatlantic.com

Seaweed: The food and fuel of the future?: The farming of seaweed is accelerating as firms exploit its fast growth and green

Seaweed: The food and fuel of the future?: The farming of seaweed is accelerating as firms exploit its fast growth and green credentials.
Source: bbc.com

The new cultural norm: reasons why UK foundation doctors are choosing not to go straight into speciality training: The number

The new cultural norm: reasons why UK foundation doctors are choosing not to go straight into speciality training: The number of UK foundation doctors choosing to go straight into speciality training has fallen drastically over the last 10 years: We sought to explore and understand the reasons for...
Source: biomedcentral.com

The brewer and the slaver gang: Serendipity – I love it. I was searching for something else entirely when I came across

The brewer and the slaver gang: Serendipity – I love it. I was searching for something else entirely when I came across this advertisement in a Kentucky newspaper, which is how I discovered that the first successful keg beer in B…
Source: zythophile.co.uk

Breakthrough AI identifies 50 new planets from old NASA data: British researchers have identified 50 new planets using artificial

Breakthrough AI identifies 50 new planets from old NASA data: British researchers have identified 50 new planets using artificial intelligence, marking a technological breakthrough in astronomy.
Source: cnn.com

Elevated CO2, increased leaf-level productivity, and water-use efficiency during the early Miocene: Abstract. Rising atmospheric

Elevated CO2, increased leaf-level productivity, and water-use efficiency during the early Miocene: Abstract. Rising atmospheric CO2 is expected to increase global temperatures, plant water-use efficiency, and carbon storage in the terrestrial biosphere. A CO2 fertilization effect on terrestrial vegetation...
Source: copernicus.org

Google Has Announced a Plan to Disrupt the College Degree: Google's new certificate program takes only six months to complete,

Google Has Announced a Plan to Disrupt the College Degree: Google's new certificate program takes only six months to complete, and will be a fraction of the cost of college.
Source: inc.com

Covid-19 is becoming less deadly in Europe but we don't know why: It is becoming increasingly clear that people are less

Covid-19 is becoming less deadly in Europe but we don't know why: It is becoming increasingly clear that people are less likely to die if they get covid-19 now compared with earlier in the pandemic, at least in Europe, but the reasons why are still shrouded in uncertainty
Source: newscientist.com

What makes fake news feel true when it isn

What makes fake news feel true when it isn’t? For one thing, hearing it over and over again: "The more often participants had heard a statement, the more likely they were to attribute it to Consumer Reports rather than the National Enquirer." Key features of effective fake news - should you want to...
Source: niemanlab.org

Covid-19 news: UK cases level off as R number rises slightly: The latest coronavirus news updated every day including coronavirus

Covid-19 news: UK cases level off as R number rises slightly: The latest coronavirus news updated every day including coronavirus cases, the latest news, features and interviews from New Scientist and essential information about the covid-19 pandemic
Source: newscientist.com

School openings across globe suggest ways to keep coronavirus at bay, despite outbreaks

School openings across globe suggest ways to keep coronavirus at bay, despite outbreaks
Source: sciencemag.org

When Artificial Intelligence Meets the Internet of Things

AIoT: When Artificial Intelligence Meets the Internet of Things: AI is emerging as a driving technology behind the internet of things (IoT). Learn about the new AIoT, and how it will impact the future. Nice visual summary of an exciting area of innovation. The key challenge I feel is who has power over...
Source: visualcapitalist.com

'Tombstoning' a tradition, say Moray locals | Press and Journal: Residents in a Moray village have defended the daredevil

'Tombstoning' a tradition, say Moray locals | Press and Journal: Residents in a Moray village have defended the daredevil practice of "tombstoning" by saying it's a local tradition that dates back generations.
Source: pressandjournal.co.uk

Our itch to share helps spread Covid-19 misinformation

Our itch to share helps spread Covid-19 misinformation: Study finds social media sharing affects news judgment, but a quick exercise reduces the problem. Peter Dizikes | MIT News Office. ‘The study follows others Rand and Pennycook have conducted about explicitly political news, which similarly...
Source: mit.edu

Immunity to COVID-19 is probably higher than tests have shown: New research from Karolinska Institutet and Karolinska University

Immunity to COVID-19 is probably higher than tests have shown: New research from Karolinska Institutet and Karolinska University Hospital shows that many people with mild or asymptomatic COVID-19 demonstrate so-called T-cell-mediated immunity to the new coronavirus, even if they have not tested positively...
Source: news.ki.se