A new opinion paper shows no convincing evidence that there is a causal link between gut bacteria and autism, citing weak ...

(Nanowerk News) Crafting a unique and promising research hypothesis is a fundamental skill for any scientist. It can also be time consuming: New PhD candidates might spend the first year of their ...

There's no scientific evidence that the gut microbiome causes autism, a group of scientists argue in an opinion paper ...

Explore Aubrey de Grey's $100K hypothesis challenge and see how AI can transform longevity research across the globe.

Distributed hypothesis testing (DHT) and source coding are interrelated domains that address the challenges of reliable communication and decision-making in networked systems. In DHT, multiple nodes ...

HHMI Investigator Nicole King and Postdoctoral Researcher Jacob Steenwyk used large datasets and a combination of analyses to understand which organism roots the animal tree of life: the simple sponge ...

As I’ve discussed previously, conventional wisdom suggests that using social media promotes poor mental health, especially in teenagers. But there is good reason to question this idea. As more ...

New research from UBC Okanagan mathematically demonstrates that the universe cannot be simulated. Using Gödel’s ...

Where and when the Covid-19 pandemic began — in Wuhan, China in late 2019 — is well known. How it began is a matter of heated controversy. There are two competing hypotheses, one of which is hindering ...

A language model the researchers named the “Ontologist” is tasked with defining scientific terms in the papers and examining the connections between them, fleshing out the knowledge graph. Crafting a ...