One of the Biggest Problems in Biology Has Finally Been Solved

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October 31, 2022

Artificial Intelligence One of the Biggest Problems in Biology Has Finally Been Solved Google DeepMind CEO Demis Hassabis explains how its AlphaFold AI program predicted the 3-D structure of every known protein By Tanya Lewis

Psychology At a Haunted House, Friends Heighten the Terror Social scientists, using haunted houses to understand our experiences of fear, have learned that friends make things very scary By Susana Martinez-Conde,Stephen Macknik

Education Why Scientists Must Stand for Affirmative Action and against Scientific Racism The Supreme Court could destroy affirmative action in higher education, and STEM professionals must stand against the white supremacy and scientific racism that fuels arguments against it By Stacy Farina,K Amacker

Sociology Making Friends with Political Opponents Doesn't Improve Support for Democracy Befriending someone in the opposite party does not lessen anti-democratic attitudes, a study finds By Sara Novak

Climate Change Climate Change Is Adding Urgency to Archaeology Scientists say drought and other climate change impacts are undermining their ability to protect and document important sites before they degrade or disappear By Daniel Cusick,E&E News

Animals Researchers Make Nightmarish 'Coffee' with Invasive Sea Lampreys--Happy Halloween Why on Earth would you try to "brew" anything using parasitic fish that slurp the blood and guts out of other fish? By Aaron Martin

Plants How to Grow a 2,560-Pound Pumpkin Prizewinning great pumpkins are approaching 3,000 pounds as growers perfect the process By Daniel Leonard

Archaeology Rare Baby Mummy Identified as Austrian Noble Researchers have identified a rare baby mummy as the firstborn son of a count of Austria, and rickets may have led to the child's death By Stephanie Pappas

Politics How Technology Companies Are Shaping the Ukraine Conflict By offering or ceasing services, Internet and telecommunications companies offer a glimpse of a future in which the tech sector takes sides in warfare, with far-reaching effects By Abishur Prakash

FROM THE STORE Secrets of the Mind How the flesh and blood of the brain is able to formulate a self-aware mind remains a mystery. One new area of neuroscience is shedding light on how brain regions interact to give rise to who we are, and in this eBook we explore the latest studies in consciousness, cognition and perception. This includes the neural mechanisms of decision-making, memory formation, navigating social relationships, recognizing faces and much more.

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