WEIRD ANTHROPOLOGY
Fathers’ brains adjust their structure and function to parenthood. María Paternina-Die, CC BY-ND – By Darby Saxbe, Associate Professor of Psychology, USC Dornsife College of Letters, Arts and Sciences and by Magdalena Martínez García, Doctoral Student of Neuroimaging, Instituto de Investigación Sanitaria Gregorio …
The device is designed to augment Kangaroo Mother Care, a practice which involves chest-to-chest skin contact between an infant and a caregiver. Depositphotos – By Ben Coxworth 2024 Jun 10 – For low-birth-weight (LBW) babies, skin-to-skin contact with their mother can literally be a …
Drops of insulin placed under the tongue could be a new alternative to injections for diabetics. Depositphotos – By Michael Irving 2024 Jun 07 – Diabetics sick of daily injections may have renewed hope for a less invasive alternative. Scientists at the University of …
High hopes for the use of dostarlimab-gxly in successfully ‘reversing’ a type of colorectal cancer, with hopes it will be able to target other forms. Depositphotos – By Bronwyn Thompson 2024 Jun 05 – In what researchers have called an “unprecedented” response, a new …
Combining a new melanoma vaccine with an existing drug significantly reduced the risk of the cancer recurring. Depositphotos – By Paul McClure 2024 Jun 03 Results from human trials coupling a new melanoma vaccine with an existing cancer drug showed that, at the three-year …
Claudia Sheinbaum, a former climate scientist, is set to become México’s first female president according to exit polls. Photograph: Héctor Vivas/Getty Images – México Thomas Graham in México City First published on 2024 Jun 02, updated on 2024 Jun 03 – Former México …
If your data was used to train an AI, it might – or might not – be safe from prying eyes. ValeryBrozhinsky/iStock via Getty Images – By Jordan Awan, Assistant Professor of Statistics, Purdue University Published: 2024 May 23 – Machine learning has pushed …
Scientists are about to start growing new teeth in humans. Depositphotos – By Bronwyn Thompson 2024 May 28 – The world’s first human trial of a drug that can regenerate teeth will begin in a few months, less than a year on from news …
Four human brain organoids, each with around 10,000 living human brain cells, wired into a biocomputing array. FinalSpark – View 5 Images – By Loz Blain 2024 May 28 – Current AI training methods burn colossal amounts of energy to learn, but the human …
Promising discovery targets sperm to create temporary sterility, with no other side effects. Depositphotos – By Bronwyn Thompson 2024 May 23 – A non-hormonal, reversible and non-toxic male birth control could be a step closer, with scientists successfully targeting a protein that’s crucial in …
