Fish that display dominant traits are more at risk of consuming microplastic pollution than others in their social group, according to new research. The study, led by the University of Glasgow and published in Proceedings…
How privacy policies affect genetic testing
State-level disclosure laws affect patients’ eagerness to have their DNA tested. [caption id="attachment_13876" align="alignnone" width="639"] Catherine Tucker, professor at the MIT Sloan School of Management ,and Amalia R. Miller, an economist at the University of…
After the fire, charcoal goes against the grain,…
Rice U. wildfire study: Soil charcoal became more concentrated over time [caption id="attachment_13870" align="alignnone" width="619"] When added to soil, charcoal can reduce nutrient pollution, lower atmospheric carbon dioxide, improve crop productivity and make soil more…
Reading a neural network’s mind
Technique illuminates the inner workings of artificial-intelligence systems that process language. [caption id="attachment_13867" align="alignnone" width="639"] Neural nets are so named because they roughly approximate the structure of the human brain. Typically, they’re arranged into layers,…
Crescent nebula
[caption id="attachment_13863" align="alignnone" width="700"] ESA/XMM-Newton, J. Toalá & D. Goldman[/caption] A young massive star that began life around 25 times more massive than our own Sun is shedding shells of material and fast winds to…