Only one of these faces belong to a real person. Scroll down to find out which one. A study by the University of Waterloo found that 40 percent of people surveyed couldn’t distinguish between an AI-generated face and a real face. The Canadian institute provided 20 unlabeled pictures to 260 participants; 10 of them were … Read more
NEW DELHI: Scientists have put forward a theory that dark matter might actually be an alternate universe. In a recent study quoted by Daily Express, Dr Arushi Bodas and his team at the University of Chicago’s Enrico Fermi Institute suggest that dark matter could be seen as a distorted parallel universe that never fully developed.Dark … Read more
Mental health can affect anyone at any age but according to a new study, it has found people in their early 20s are more likely not to work due to ill health than those 20 years their senior. This is according to the Resolution Foundation, who said this is “radically different” from previous years, where … Read more
Every household has a strip of paracetamol tablets, which is considered to be one of the most widely used and trusted medicines. It is one of the most common painkillers used. However, a recent study has shed light on a serious side effect of consuming tablets. A study by researchers at the University of Edinburgh … Read more
Bengaluru: A new study gives an insight into the mysterious ‘whale song’ — the low-frequency vocalisations by the world’s largest mammals that have fascinated marine biologists for years. According to this study by European and American researchers, a specialised larynx (voice box) helps whales produce a sound that’s capable of travelling large distances. The peer-reviewed … Read more
LOS ANGELES: Cognitive biologists and primatologists have observed playful teasing in four species of great apes.Babies start teasing one other as early as eight months of age. Because language is not required for this activity, nonhuman animals may engage in similar playful teasing.Ape teasing, like human joking, is provocative and persistent, incorporating elements of surprise … Read more
NEW DELHI: Scientists have recently discovered that a 280-million-year-old fossil, believed to be a member of the reptile group, may have been partly forged. This revelation, published in the journal Palaeontology, has raised concerns about the accuracy of previous research conducted using this fossil. The fossil,called Tridentinosaurus antiquus, was found in the Italian Alps back … Read more
Bengaluru: A study released last week, indicating that an oceanic current that regulates crucial climate and weather patterns is nearing the tipping point, has set alarm bells ringing in the science community. According to the peer-reviewed study, published in the journal Science, early warning indicators show that the Atlantic Meridional Overturning Circulation (AMOC) could collapse … Read more
Bengaluru: In a first, researchers from China’s Fudan University have identified key proteins in the brain that could predict dementia, Alzheimer’s disease, and vascular dementia nearly 10 years before diagnosis. Over 14.1 years, Using the UK’s biomedical database Biobank, researchers analysed data from 52,645 adults who did not have dementia. There were a total of … Read more
CHICAGO: A study of frozen blood samples has turned up a trove of proteins that may predict several forms of dementia more than 10 years before the disease is diagnosed, researchers from the UK and China reported on Monday. The study, published in the journal Nature Aging, is part of ongoing research from multiple teams … Read more