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Smartphones may be able to detect how drunk a person is based on their voice, study finds | Science & Tech News
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Smartphones may be able to detect how drunk a person is based on changes in their voice, according to a new study. Researchers used sensors in smartphones to record a person’s voice before and after drinking. They then put the recordings through a digital program to isolate and measure certain aspects, like frequency and pitch.…
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Getting angry boosts performance and productivity, study finds | Science & Tech News
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Happiness is overrated – it’s anger that will help you get stuff done. That’s according to a new study which found getting mad can be a powerful motivator for being productive and achieving goals. The American Psychological Association surveyed more than 1,000 people, who were triggered into experiencing a specific emotion – such as joy,…
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Short voice recordings can be used to test people for diabetes, study finds | Science & Tech News
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People could be diagnosed with diabetes using little more than a short voice recording from their phone, according to a new study. Using an audio sample of just six to 10 seconds, along with basic health data like age, sex, height and weight, scientists created an AI model that can determine whether someone is diabetic…
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Chimpanzees make sounds like human babies as they learn to speak, study finds | Science & Tech News
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Young chimpanzees can make similar sounds to babies as they learn to speak, researchers have found. Primates studied by the University of Portsmouth were capable of similar vocal functional flexibility to humans as they grew up. The team filmed 28 infant apes at a sanctuary in Zambia as they made sounds such as grunts, whimpers,…
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Long COVID risks are ‘distorted by flawed research’, study finds | Science & Tech News
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The risk of contracting long COVID may have been exaggerated due to flawed research, leading to unnecessarily high levels of anxiety about suffering from it, a new study has suggested. “Major flaws” in the literature on the condition likely exaggerated the true threat of contracting it, the new research argues. For most people with COVID-19,…
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Long COVID can cause long-term damage to multiple organs, study finds | UK News
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A third of long COVID patients sustained damage to multiple organs five months after infection, a study has found. Scans of patients who were treated in hospital for COVID-19 showed higher rates of damage to the lungs, brain and kidneys compared with the non-COVID control group. Lung injuries were almost 14 times higher among long…
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ChatGPT shows ‘significant and systemic’ left-wing bias, study finds | Science & Tech News
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ChatGPT, the popular artificial intelligence chatbot, shows a significant and systemic left-wing bias, UK researchers have found. According to the new study by the University of East Anglia, this includes favouring the Labour Party and President Joe Biden‘s Democrats in the US. Concerns about an inbuilt political bias in ChatGPT have been raised before, notably…
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NASA’s Mars rover finds surprising mud cracks that hint planet once supported life | Science & Tech News
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NASA’s Curiosity Mars rover has made a surprising discovery that may have cracked how the red planet once supported life. The car-sized robot, which touched down on the surface back in 2012, found an array of well-preserved ancient mud cracks suggestive of past wet and dry seasons. It’s long been theorised that persistent Earth-like weather…
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Urban foxes are bolder but not cleverer than their rural relatives, study finds | Science & Tech News
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Foxes that live in London and other urban areas are generally bolder than foxes living in rural areas, new research has found. However, city life has not made urban foxes any cleverer than those in the countryside, according to the study. A team from the University of Hull spent two years studying wild foxes in…
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Killer whale mothers may act as mediators to keep their calves out of fights, study finds | Science & Tech News
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Mums will do anything to support their children – and when it comes to orcas, it even extends to fending off bullies. Female killer whales are known to be protective creatures, and spend much of their time helping their offspring. Researchers have previously observed them sharing the fish they catch with their young, but now…