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Image via Marvel Studios The MCU is now bigger than ever — in terms of the number of projects being released, at least. Remember the days when we used to get two movies a year? Well, these days, we’re up to three or four every 12 months, not to mention having three or four TV series dropping on Disney Plus alongside them. That’s a lot of Marvel Studios content out there, then, so you might argue that there’s never been a better time to be a fan of the franchise. And yet folks aren’t so sure. Over on the Marvel…

Deep learning models based on artificial intelligence can identify someone's race just from their X-rays, new research has revealed – something that would be impossible for a human doctor looking at the same images.  The findings raise some troubling questions about the role of AI in medical diagnosis, assessment, and treatment: could racial bias be unintentionally applied by computer software when studying images like these?Having trained their AI using hundreds of thousands of existing X-ray images labeled with details…

According to new research, not getting enough good quality sleep undermines people’s attempts to maintain weight loss after dieting, and that two hours of vigorous physical activity per week can help maintain better sleep.Randomized trial finds poor sleeping habits may contribute to regaining weight after weight loss in adults with obesity.New research presented at this year’s European Congress on Obesity (ECO) in Maastricht, Netherlands, finds that not getting enough good quality sleep undermines people’s attempts to…

Swedish film-maker Ninja Thyberg certainly did not take the easy route with her first feature. Pleasure, which arrives in US theaters this weekend, takes on a subject rife for denigration or moralism: ambitious 19-year-old Bella Cherry, played by Swedish newcomer Sofia Kappel, trying to break into the American porn industry in the late 2010s. Based on years of research in the Hollywood-adjacent world of Los Angeles adult film, Thyberg’s debut portrays female friendship, pragmatic striving and power dynamics in an industry…