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Google Translate AI invents its own language to translate with: The translation tool is thought to have made up its own

Google Translate AI invents its own language to translate with: The translation tool is thought to have made up its own language to find common ground for translating between language pairs it isn’t trained on
Source: newscientist.com

Tobacco firms lose plain packaging appeal - BBC News: Three tobacco companies lose their appeal against the government's

Tobacco firms lose plain packaging appeal - BBC News: Three tobacco companies lose their appeal against the government's plain cigarette packaging rules.
Source: bbc.co.uk

EU energy use to fall by 30% under new efficiency plans for 2030 - BBC News: New proposals from the European Commission

EU energy use to fall by 30% under new efficiency plans for 2030 - BBC News: New proposals from the European Commission see binding targets for energy efficiency as key method of curbing carbon.
Source: bbc.co.uk

It’s the ‘worst’ science paper ever — filled with plagiarism and garble — and journals are clamouring

It’s the ‘worst’ science paper ever — filled with plagiarism and garble — and journals are clamouring to publish it
Source: nationalpost.com

Meta-Analysis Supports Lower Prediabetes Cutoff: By Amy Orciari Herman Edited by Susan Sadoughi, MD, and André Sofair,

Meta-Analysis Supports Lower Prediabetes Cutoff: By Amy Orciari Herman Edited by Susan Sadoughi, MD, and André Sofair, MD, MPH Adults with fasting glucose concentrations as low as 100 mg/dL or hemoglobin A1c levels of 5.7% could face increased risk for cardiovascular events, a BMJ meta-analysis...
Source: jwatch.org

Environmental-impact tax on food? People healthier, planet benefits: Healthier, less environmentally damaging foods could

Environmental-impact tax on food? People healthier, planet benefits: Healthier, less environmentally damaging foods could be made more affordable.
Source: arstechnica.com

Women Encourage Other Women to Lead and Discover Their Inner Entrepreneur: Women Entrepreneurs and Leaders Join Forces to

Women Encourage Other Women to Lead and Discover Their Inner Entrepreneur: Women Entrepreneurs and Leaders Join Forces to Celebrate Women ’s Entrepreneurship Day in San Francisco
Source: ieee.org

3D Printed Model Brains Being Studied for Neuro Surgeries |: Stratasys, a manufacturing technology company based in Valencia,

3D Printed Model Brains Being Studied for Neuro Surgeries |: Stratasys, a manufacturing technology company based in Valencia, California, is touting the use of 3D printed brains it helped to create as a tool for plan
Source: medgadget.com

Homeopathic Syrup for the Treatment of Pediatric Colds: Randomized Controlled Nonsense is Still Nonsense. "Jacobs and Taylor

Homeopathic Syrup for the Treatment of Pediatric Colds: Randomized Controlled Nonsense is Still Nonsense. "Jacobs and Taylor describe the results of this study as “provocative.” I disagree. After admitting their complete failure to find any benefit in the primary outcome being measured, or in any...
Source: sciencebasedmedicine.org

A whole city vows to help its young people apply for college - The Hechinger Report: JACKSON — Like millions of high-school

A whole city vows to help its young people apply for college - The Hechinger Report: JACKSON — Like millions of high-school seniors nationwide, Murrah High School senior Desmond Jones, 17, is preparing to go to college next fall. Jones is interested in attending the University of Southern Mississippi...
Source: hechingerreport.org

Python is the Growing Platform for Applied Machine Learning - Machine Learning Mastery: You should pick the right tool for

Python is the Growing Platform for Applied Machine Learning - Machine Learning Mastery: You should pick the right tool for the job. The specific predictive modeling problem that you are working on should dictate the specific programming language, libraries and even machine learning algorithms to use....
Source: machinelearningmastery.com

World wildlife 'falls by 58% in 40 years' - BBC News: Global wildlife populations have fallen by 58% since 1970, according

World wildlife 'falls by 58% in 40 years' - BBC News: Global wildlife populations have fallen by 58% since 1970, according to a biodiversity report.
Source: bbc.co.uk

New Delhi is the most polluted city on Earth right now

New Delhi is the most polluted city on Earth right now
Source: cnn.com

Patients and staff shut out of NHS transformation plans, says thinktank: King’s Fund says local health leaders have been

Patients and staff shut out of NHS transformation plans, says thinktank: King’s Fund says local health leaders have been told not to reveal plans until they are finalised and have been approved
Source: theguardian.com

Sore throats to be tested by pharmacists instead of GPs under NHS move: Sufferers will go for on-the-spot tests under initiative

Sore throats to be tested by pharmacists instead of GPs under NHS move: Sufferers will go for on-the-spot tests under initiative designed to relieve pressure on GPs and tackle antibiotic resistance
Source: theguardian.com

SARA: the Socially Aware Robot Assistant.

In this era of fears that Artificial Intelligence will destroy humanity, SARA is a Socially-Aware Robot Assistant, developed in Carnegie Mellon University’s ArticuLab. SARA interacts with people in a whole new way, personalizing the interaction and improving task performance by relying on information...
Source: cmu.edu

What AI Experts Say Smart Machines Will Do to Human Jobs: Academics and industry experts discuss how AI will affect the

What AI Experts Say Smart Machines Will Do to Human Jobs: Academics and industry experts discuss how AI will affect the workforce and how we can prepare
Source: ieee.org

First Fossilised Brain From A Dinosaur - Science News | The Naked Scientists

First Fossilised Brain From A Dinosaur - Science News | The Naked Scientists
Source: thenakedscientists.com

A computer program just ranked the most influential brain scientists of the modern era: Semantic Scholar extends its reach

A computer program just ranked the most influential brain scientists of the modern era: Semantic Scholar extends its reach to neuroscience, analyzing millions of science articles. What will the business of intelligent agents look like in coming years? The successful ones will be those with the best...
Source: sciencemag.org

Renewable capacity passes coal, additions outpacing demand in US, Europe: 153 GigaWatts of renewables make up over half

Renewable capacity passes coal, additions outpacing demand in US, Europe: 153 GigaWatts of renewables make up over half the new capacity added globally.
Source: arstechnica.com