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Need a Hypothesis? This A.I. Has One
Slowly, machine-learning systems are beginning to generate ideas, not just test them.
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Can an Algorithm Prevent Suicide?
The Department of Veterans Affairs has turned to machine-learning to help identify vets at risk of taking their own lives.
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World Health Organization Rejects Antiviral Drug Remdesivir as Covid-19 Treatment
In a review of several trials, the World Health Organization found that Gilead’s drug did not improve survival rates for patients nor did ...
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W.H.O. Rejects Antiviral Drug Remdesivir as a Covid Treatment
In a review of several trials, the World Health Organization found that Gilead’s drug did not improve survival rates for patients nor did ...
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Navy Research Confirms Need for Strict Coronavirus Testing Protocols
Two new studies clarify how Covid-19 spreads among young adults and expose the limits of quarantine measures.
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Limiting Indoor Capacity Can Reduce Coronavirus Infections, Study Shows
Research using cellphone data in 10 U.S. cities last spring could help influence officials’ decisions on new restrictions as cases resurge around the ...
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Brain Scientists Explore the How of When
A new study offers the strongest evidence yet of “time cells” in the brain.
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What We Dream When We Dream About Covid-19
Several recent studies shed light on the pandemic preoccupations of sleepers.
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A Theory About Conspiracy Theories
In a new study, psychologists tried to get a handle on the personality types that might be prone to outlandish beliefs.
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Are you a non-lying cheat or just radically dishonest?
In this age of trolls and bots and digital impostors, words like “crank” and “bully” seem impossibly antiquated, like labels from the black-and-white ...
