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New machine learning model could revolutionize early autism detection

A recent study published in JAMA Network Open introduces an advanced machine-learning model that predicts autism spectrum disorder in young children using limited information, with nearly 80% accuracy for children under two years old. The model, called AutMedAI, was designed…

Habit of suppressing positive emotions might lead to lower well-being

A series of studies in the United States and on the island of Taiwan found that people suppress their positive emotions less often than they suppress their negative emotions. However, suppression of positive—but not negative—emotions was consistently associated with lower…

Fungi may not think, but they can communicate

Fungi can be enigmatic organisms. Mushrooms or other structures may be visible above the soil, but beneath lurks a complex network of filaments, or hyphae, known as the mycelium. It is even possible for fungi to communicate through the mycelium—despite…