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Oldest charred food remains reveal earliest evidence of plant cooking by Neanderthals | Science & Tech News
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Scientists have analysed the oldest charred food remains ever found, providing the earliest evidence of plant cooking among Neanderthals. Ancient hunter-gatherers were thought to have a largely meat-based diet, but researchers have found that prehistoric people had a diverse diet in which plants featured heavily. Researchers used a scanning electron microscope to analyse nine samples […]
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AI robot Ai-Da is about to make history giving evidence to a House of Lords inquiry | Ents & Arts News
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Is creativity under attack from the rise of artificial intelligence? Who better to answer that question than Ai-Da, the world’s first artist robot that has made headlines for her incredible paintings and sculptures – not least a portrait of the Queen to celebrate the Platinum Jubilee earlier in 2022. Later today, Ai-Da Robot will make […]
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Scientists find evidence that continents were formed by giant meteor impacts | Science & Tech News
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Scientists have discovered what they believe is the strongest evidence to date that the continents were formed by giant meteor impacts during the Earth’s early history. Meteorite impacts were “particularly prevalent during the first billion years or so of our planet’s four-and-a-half billion year history”, according to researchers from Curtin University. The theory that the […]
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Antidepressants called into question as researchers find ‘no convincing evidence’ depression is caused by ‘chemical imbalance’ | UK News
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Many antidepressants might not be treating the condition, because they are being used to correct a cause of depression that doesn’t actually exist, new research has suggested. A new review of existing studies concludes that the “chemical imbalance” theory of depression, in particular low levels of serotonin, does not stand up to scrutiny. Serotonin is […]