The Xp Bodypart Checker: Xp Bodypart Checker successfully divided radiographs depending on the body part. Researchers at Osaka Metropolitan University have discovered a practical way to detect and fix common labeling errors in large radiographic…
Space radiation on Earth
[caption id="attachment_14450" align="alignnone" width="700"] Credit: GSI Helmholtzzentrum für Schwerionenforschung GmbH/Jan Michael Hosan 2018[/caption] The constant ‘rain’ of radiation in space includes cosmic rays, which, despite the name ‘ray’, comprises highly energetic particles arriving from beyond…
Lake Michigan waterfowl botulism deaths linked to warm…
[caption id="attachment_14446" align="alignright" width="395"] Map showing the three regions of upper Lake Michigan surveyed in the current study. Citizen scientists regularly walked beaches in these regions surveying for sick and dead birds. KARINE PRINCÉ/ESRI[/caption] Since…
Proba-V image of South Korea
A false-colour image of Pyeongchang county and surrounding territory in South Korea – currently hosting the 2018 Winter Olympics. This is a view of the northern part of the country, with vegetation in red and…
Back-and-forth exchanges boost children’s brain response to language
Study finds engaging young children in conversation is more important for brain development than “dumping words” on them. [caption id="attachment_14440" align="alignnone" width="639"] MIT cognitive scientists have found that conversation between an adult and a child…