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Phys.org / I analyzed more than 100 extremist manifestos: Misogyny was the common thread
Two years have passed since a 24-year-old former student walked into a gender studies classroom at the University of Waterloo and stabbed the professor and two students.
Phys.org / Racism and sexism are 'alarmingly normalized' in NHS—report makes suggestions for moving forward
Racism and sexism are "alarmingly normalized" within the structures and person-to-person interactions across the NHS, and the NHS has delayed acknowledging and learning from the evidence, says a report from the BMJ Commission ...
Medical Xpress / New drug combination effective for T-cell lymphoma patients
Relapsed/refractory peripheral and cutaneous T-cell lymphomas (R/R PTCL and CTCL) are aggressive blood cancers that often resist standard therapy. Patients with these lymphomas may require stem cell transplants, but the disease ...
Medical Xpress / Humans and animals can both think logically, but testing what kind of logic they're using is tricky
Can a monkey, a pigeon or a fish reason like a person? It's a question scientists have been testing in increasingly creative ways—and what we've found so far paints a more complicated picture than you'd think.
Tech Xplore / AI won't replace computer scientists any time soon—here are 10 reasons why
As AI systems expand their already impressive capacities, there is an increasingly common belief that the field of computer science (CS) will soon be a thing of the past. This is being communicated to today's prospective ...
Tech Xplore / How can AI be more energy efficient? Researchers look to human brain for inspiration
It's estimated it can take an AI model over 6,000 joules of energy to generate a single text response. By comparison, your brain needs just 20 joules every second to keep you alive and cognitive.
Phys.org / Class and masculinity are connected—when industry changes, so does what it means to 'be a man'
Tyneside is an area in north-east England which was once a major center of Britain's Industrial Revolution. Its coal mining, shipbuilding and heavy engineering industries were seen as the backbone of the region, upheld by ...
Phys.org / Tracking macroplastics leaching into rivers from space
Scientists have developed a new method to identify and map plastic waste in urban areas using satellite imagery, offering new hope for tracking pollution and improving waste management in cities worldwide.
Tech Xplore / Understanding the 'Slopocene': How the failures of AI can reveal its inner workings
Some say it's em dashes, dodgy apostrophes, or too many emoji. Others suggest that maybe the word "delve" is a chatbot's calling card. It's no longer the sight of morphed bodies or too many fingers, but it might be something ...
Phys.org / Why evolution can explain human testicle size but not our unique chins
The human body is a machine whose many parts—from the microscopic details of our cells to our limbs, eyes, liver and brain—have been assembled in fits and starts over the 4 billion years of our history.
Phys.org / Climate change drives migration of sea life as ocean temperatures rise, study finds
The Korea Institute of Ocean Science and Technology established, through genetic connectivity analysis, that a northward shift in the habitat of Turbo sazae, from the southern coast to the eastern coast of Korea, is closely ...
Phys.org / Why is July 4 the most violent day of the year?
Amid the celebrations of American independence comes sobering news from Northeastern University criminologist James Alan Fox.
