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Earth & Conservation

As accusations of harassment, assault, and discrimination continue to roil the entertainment, media, and political worlds, a new national survey shows that half of all women working in STEM industries — science, technology, engineering, and math — report having experienced workplace discrimination, and 36 percent say sexual harassment is a problem in their workplace.

Women Report High Levels of Gender Discrimination in STEM Fields

Health

Take a closer look at the medical news and discoveries impacting our health and wellbeing.

Health News, Headlines and Videos

Sufferers of malnutrition in the global south could soon find help from an unlikely source: a humble potato, genetically tweaked to provide substantial doses of vitamins A and E, both crucial nutrients for health.

This Nutritive Golden Potato Is the Latest GMO Superfood

Biotech

Researchers have engineered a protein that could become a potent weapon in the fight against obesity.

Engineered Protein Makes Obese Mammals Shed Weight

Mind

An entire “neurobic” subculture has cropped up based on the idea of exercising your brain to sharpen mental acuity and encourage a range of health benefits.

Mental Training Exercises Can Alter Your Brain and Reduce Stress

Artificial Intelligence

Space & Innovation

Until now, this has been a computational challenge of “extraordinary difficulty,” the researchers wrote, with obstacles posed by different facial poses, expressions, and variable lighting.

New Artificial Intelligence Renders Your Face in 3D Using Just a Photo

A well-meaning Chinese policy of providing residents in the chilly north of the country with free coal to heat their homes has shaved years off their lives, while also equipping researchers with a metric that can be used to measure similar environmental impacts elsewhere in the world.

Air Pollution Is Shaving Years Off of the Human Lifespan

This week, the leading lights of the nano-chemistry world are gearing up for a molecular grand prix in the south of France.

Nanocar Race: Watch the World's Smallest Racing Competition Here

Some 70 years ago, computer scientist Alan Turing famously set the bar for artificial intelligence: a computer that could convince a human conversation partner that it was a person.

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Women Report High Levels of Gender Discrimination in STEM Fields

Amid continuing sexual harassment and assault allegations in entertainment, media, and politics, a survey from the Pew Research Center shows half of all women working in STEM industries reported experiencing workplace discrimination.

This Nutritive Golden Potato Is the Latest GMO Superfood

A genetically modified tuber with high amounts of vitamins A and E could potentially help to nourish the world — but will it ever make it to market?

Engineered Protein Makes Obese Mammals Shed Weight

The protein — GDF15 — caused mice, rats, and macaque monkeys to consume less food and lose weight, as well as lower cholesterol and insulin levels in the blood.

Mental Training Exercises Can Alter Your Brain and Reduce Stress

Two new studies are giving a boost to research that demonstrates how certain mental training routines promote structural changes to the brain.

New Artificial Intelligence Renders Your Face in 3D Using Just a Photo

Until now, this has been a computational challenge of “extraordinary difficulty,” with obstacles posed by varied facial poses, expressions, and lighting.

Air Pollution Is Shaving Years Off of the Human Lifespan

People in China are dying three years early because of airborne particulates, which are also impacting the health of people around the world.

Nanocar Race: Watch the World's Smallest Racing Competition Here

The race, which is meant to promote molecular machines and nanotechnology, will be livecast over the web on April 28 beginning at 10:45 am Paris time.

Inside the Lab That's Producing the First AI-Generated Pop Album

Flow Machines has been developing an AI program that can compose professional-quality pop music, and will release a full album before the end of the year.