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Alan Turing’s famous ideas about artificial intelligence may have led AI research down the wrong path for the past 75 years, according to renowned computer scientist Peter J. Denning. In his new book, Turing’s mistake: escaping the yoke of mindless machinesDenning argues that two fundamental assumptions made by Turing in 1950 continue to shape AI research today. The first is that intelligence can exist independently of the physical body and can therefore be recreated with computer software. The second was that machines could demonstrate intelligence by successfully imitating human speech, an idea that later became known as the Turing Test.…

Dark matter has long been one of astronomy’s biggest mysteries. Although it cannot be seen or touched, its gravitational influence helps form galaxies and large-scale structures in the universe. For decades, scientists have relied on the “cold dark matter” model to explain how galaxies form and evolve. But as telescopes and observations have become more precise, researchers have uncovered some puzzling features that are difficult to explain with the standard model. Among the biggest mysteries are the surprisingly low concentrations of dark matter found at the centers of some dwarf galaxies and the unexpectedly dense clumps of dark matter inferred…

Researchers at the University of Michigan have discovered a previously unknown biological pathway that explains how certain touch-sensitive hairs cause the sensation of itching. This finding, obtained in a mouse model, reveals a dedicated sensory system that may ultimately help scientists develop better treatments for chronic itch disorders. “Itching is one of the main symptoms of most patients with chronic skin inflammation,” says Bo Duan, associate professor in the Department of Molecular, Cellular, and Developmental Biology. “What we discovered is a pathway that appears to play a very important role in both acute and chronic itch.” Researchers have identified a…

I Puthu Partayasa presses his fingers into the soil as he squats on the edge of a rice terrace. It will come up dry. There is water in his field. His neighbors are not. “We have a big problem during the dry season,” he says. “Fifteen years ago, we had water every day. But now we have less water.”The 52-year-old man, who goes by the name Parta, is lucky that his property is high enough above the irrigation system that he still gets his share. He worries that he knows where the rest are going. “Companies are taking our water…

A four-week pre-bedtime ritual combining scented skin care and self-massage improved perceived sleep and anxiety, but preliminary research could not pinpoint which factors caused the effect. Image credit: Prostock-studio / Shutterstock Recent preliminary research has been accepted for publication in a journal scientific reportResearchers from Chanel Parfums Beauté and collaborating institutions in France evaluated the effects of a combination of nighttime beauty routines and self-massage on sleep quality in healthy women who self-reported sleep problems. Sleep disorders are an important public health problem, affecting an estimated 10% to 25% of adults, and are exacerbated by compulsive internet use and other…

Whether you’re an early riser or a night owl, your sleep patterns can tell you a lot about your eating habits and subsequent potential health risks. Professor Rosanne Kruger, from the School of Allied Health, Sport and Social Work at Griffith University, surveyed 287 European and Pacific New Zealand women aged 18 to 45 to assess whether they were morning owls (early risers) or evening owls (evening owls). Chronotype influences food intake preferences, behavior, and metabolism. Both morning owls and night owls consume the same amount of food and energy throughout the day, but the timing of their…

A new large-scale international study led by Curtin University has found that weight and obesity are not the only factors at risk for diabetes, with muscle health also likely to play a big role in whether or not you develop diabetes. Published in the world’s leading diabetes journal, diabetes careFor the study, researchers from the Curtin School of Population Health and Dementia Center of Excellence at the Curtin Enable Institute analyzed health data from around 480,000 adults (all of whom did not have diabetes at the start of the study) over 14 years. The research team found that people had…

In New York state, 44% of pedestrian fatalities involve alcohol or drug use, suggests a retrospective analysis published in an online journal. injury prevention. Pedestrian injuries are the seventh leading cause of injury-related deaths in New York, USA. There are approximately 15,000 pedestrian injuries each year, 3,000 of which require hospitalization. While most public safety campaigns focus on drunk driving, pedestrian drug use and impairment is a relatively neglected issue. The researchers analyzed data from the Fatal Accident Analysis and Reporting System, a national database that covers all fatal motor vehicle crashes on public roads. This includes deaths occurring within…

Young people who vape or smoke cigarettes have decreased blood vessel function, respiratory efficiency, and exercise capacity compared to those who have never smoked or vaped, a study published today found. ERJ Open Research. “In active, healthy young people with normal lungs, both e-cigarettes and smoking led to worsened exercise performance, shortness of breath, and extreme leg fatigue,” said study lead author Dr. Azmi Faisal of Manchester Metropolitan University in the United Kingdom. “Similar to smoking, our study shows that vaping can cause deleterious changes in blood vessels and lung efficiency during exercise, causing an approximately 15% reduction in fitness…

We are one step closer to the era of “biomanufacturing,” in which chemical products are produced using microorganisms rather than oil. The KAIST research team analyzed the key challenges limiting the commercialization of biomanufacturing and proposed an AI-powered industrialization strategy. KAIST (Chairman Bae Choong-sik) announced on July 14 that a research team led by Distinguished Professor Lee Sang-yeop of the Department of Chemical and Biomolecular Engineering has comprehensively analyzed the major bottlenecks to the commercialization of biomanufacturing and proposed an industrialization strategy to address them and a roadmap for future growth. Most chemical products today, such as plastics, textiles, and…