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A WhatsApp group for surgical advice is reducing the number of patients needing to be transferred between hospitals in Malawi. Image credit - Jakub Gajewski

Health

18 April 2019

Real-time WhatsApp advice aids surgery in rural Malawi

Technology is helping to improve healthcare in sub-Saharan Africa.

Scientists have linked post-operative changes in gut bacteria to improvements in metabolic diseases. Image Credit - Sue Sapp (CC BY 2.0)

Health

16 April 2019

Can gut microbes and genes do the job of weight loss surgery?

Unexpected effects of bariatric surgery could help develop non-surgical obesity treatments.

Artificial intelligence can be used to create deep fakes - audio, pictures and videos that make people say and do things they never did. Image credit - PxHere

Frontier research

15 April 2019

Can artificial intelligence help end fake news?

New detection systems explore the manufacture and sharing of misinformation.

Health | 18 April 2019

Real-time WhatsApp advice aids surgery in rural Malawi

Technology is helping to improve healthcare in sub-Saharan Africa.

Health | 16 April 2019

Can gut microbes and genes do the job of weight loss surgery?

Unexpected effects of bariatric surgery could help develop non-surgical obesity treatments.

Frontier research | 15 April 2019

Can artificial intelligence help end fake news?

New detection systems explore the manufacture and sharing of misinformation.

Dr Bonnefon says that governments and regulators, rather than engineers, should make the moral decisions surrounding self-driving cars. Image Credit - JF Bonnefon

Dr Jean-François Bonnefon, Toulouse School of Economics, France

Interview | 02 April 2019

‘Self-driving cars are an extreme case in the AI revolution.’

We should not over-promise about the safety of automated vehicles if we want people to trust them, says Dr Jean- François Bonnefon.

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Political science

In the run up to the 2019 European elections, Horizon asks what research can tell us about European politics and the future of democracy.

M87’s supermassive black hole, imaged for the first time, is 53 million light years away, but wide enough for astronomers to see it from Earth. Image credit - EHT Collaboration

Space | 10 April 2019

Astronomers reveal first-ever image of a black hole

It took one year, eight telescopes and a global network of scientists to produce.

M87’s supermassive black hole, imaged for the first time, is six billion times as massive as our sun. Image credit - EHT Collaboration

Space | 10 April 2019

In a picture: ‘Now we know what a black hole looks like’

Black hole researchers on what the image means to them.

Attitudes towards the EU can vary from nation to nation and even moment to moment. Image credit - Ilovetheeu, licensed under CC BY-SA 4.0

Social Sciences | 08 April 2019

Critical, informed citizens crucial for the EU to stay relevant

The European Parliament elections provide a fertile environment for research.

When two objects such as black holes or neutron stars merge, they cause the frequency of the gravitational waves to increase, which would sound like a chirp. Image Credit - LSC/Alex Nitz

Space | 05 April 2019

Gravitational waves helping to expose black holes, dark matter and theoretical particles

Ripples in the fabric of space are making the invisible visible.

To meet the world's growing water needs, we need to squeeze the most out of every drop, which means seeing wastewater as a valuable resource. Image Credit - Danilo Pinzon / World Bank (CC BY-NC-ND 2.0)

Environment | 04 April 2019

Mining sewage for fertilisers and energy to prevent water shortages

The water poured down drains is more valuable than it seems.

From the naked scientists

Cooking with a conscience

In this week's podcast, The Naked Scientists discuss a new oven that can roast a raw chicken in 35 minutes.

From Freshwater Blog

Third of aquatic insect species under threat

Inflexible lifecycles make freshwater insects more vulnerable to environmental pressures.

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DNA shows Stonehenge builders originated from Anatolia

Their ancestors reached Britain about 6,000 years ago.

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Real-time WhatsApp advice aids surgery in rural Malawi

Can gut microbes and genes do the job of weight loss surgery?

Can artificial intelligence help end fake news?

Real-time WhatsApp advice aids surgery in rural Malawi

Can gut microbes and genes do the job of weight loss surgery?

Can artificial intelligence help end fake news?

‘Self-driving cars are an extreme case in the AI revolution.’

Political science

Space | 10 April 2019

Astronomers reveal first-ever image of a black hole

Space | 10 April 2019

In a picture: ‘Now we know what a black hole looks like’

Critical, informed citizens crucial for the EU to stay relevant

Gravitational waves helping to expose black holes, dark matter and theoretical particles

Mining sewage for fertilisers and energy to prevent water shortages

From the naked scientists

Cooking with a conscience

From Freshwater Blog

Third of aquatic insect species under threat

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DNA shows Stonehenge builders originated from Anatolia

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