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Elevated CO2 Levels Directly Affect Human Cognition, New Harvard Study Shows

2015-10-27 03:22:00| Climate Ark Climate Change & Global Warming Newsfeed

ThinkProgress: In a landmark public health finding, a new study from the Harvard School of Public Health finds that carbon dioxide (CO2) has a direct and negative impact on human cognition and decision-making. These impacts have been observed at CO2 levels that most Americans - and their children - are routinely exposed to today inside classrooms, offices, homes, planes, and cars. Carbon dioxide levels are inevitably higher indoors than the baseline set by the outdoor air used for ventilation, a baseline that...

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MIT Machine Does Big Data Analysis the Human Way

2015-10-21 00:23:54| TechNewsWorld

Researchers at the Massachusetts Institute of Technology last week announced they had developed an algorithmic system to analyze big data that eventually might replace humans. The system, called the "Data Science Machine," designs the feature set and searches for patterns in big data. The DSM's first prototype was 96 percent as accurate as the winning submission by a human team in one competition to find predictive patterns in unfamiliar data sets.

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A possible broad spectrum cancer cure is in the offing, but human trials could be up to 4 years away

2015-10-20 17:47:53| Extremetech

Scientists believe they have created a modified malaria strain that will cure most types of cancer.

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A case study of climate change vs. human activity

2015-10-20 16:00:00| Climate Ark Climate Change & Global Warming Newsfeed

New York Times: Human activity has had at least as much effect as climate change on the survival of animals on the Bahamian island of Abaco, a new study suggests. Researchers looked at 10,000-year-old fossils found in an underwater cave on Abaco. They compared them with fossils from the island that date to 1,000 to 3,000 years ago, along with data from current vertebrate populations. The scientists found that during the last ice age, about 10,000 years ago, some 17 bird species went extinct on Abaco because of...

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