Emily Smith

Technology 10 June 2019 Heroes of the Storm recently removed loot boxes from the gameJuergen Schwarz/Alamy Stock By Chelsea WhyteLoot boxes in games allow players to pay for a mystery prize, which is revealed after they’ve handed over their money. The unpredictable nature of the transaction has led some people to say loot boxes can…

Life 10 June 2019 Pitcher plants might be a major threat for young salamandersPatrick D. Moldowan By Michael Le PageThe pitcher plants in Canada don’t just eat insects – they also feast on amphibians. A survey late last summer revealed that a fifth of the pitchers in one bog had caught at least one juvenile…

Reconstruction of Homo erectus – a candidate for the mystery hominin that had sex with the ancestor of Neanderthals and DenisovansP.PLAILLY/E.DAYNES/SPL By Michael MarshallIt is the oldest and one of the most extreme case of interbreeding found so far in the tangled tale of human origins. Around 700,000 years ago, a group of ancient humans…

Even identical twins react differently to the same foodGetty By Linda GeddesAs children, Helen Sparre and Sarah Guy appeared identical in both face and figure; a pattern which continued into their twenties – when both twins were underweight – and into their thirties and early forties, when they began to gain some additional pounds. Yet,…

A 3D printed head for honing cancer treatmentsRTSafe By Donna LuRadiotherapists are using 3D printed heads to practice cancer treatments before doing the real thing. With the approach a person undergoing radiotherapy first has a CT scan to image their brain, tumour and surrounding bone and facial structure. This is then turned into a life-sized…

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Anolis oculatus is a native lizard to DominicaAymeric Mauroy By Jake BuehlerLizards on the Caribbean island of Dominica appear to have suddenly developed a super strong grip. Measurements before and after a hurricane hit the island reveal the lizards’ grip has become ten times stronger – although it is not clear why. In September 2017,…

Technology 8 June 2019 Fake news Vs fake newsJorge Pérez/Alamy By Donna LuFake news spreads faster than the truth on social media, and as fake news generating machines get more sophisticated, distinguishing real from fake is becoming more difficult than ever. Artificial intelligence that can quickly generate convincing paragraphs of text from a simple prompt…