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<p>Researchers at Duke University have demonstrated an AI app that accurately screens for autism in children by measuring a variety of distinct behavioral indicators. The app evaluates the quality of the data, the confidence of its results and the probability that the child has autism. The results spell out exactly which of the behavioral indicators led to its conclusions. The app could help eliminate known disparities in early autism diagnosis and intervention.</p>

The app compares each child’s biomarkers to how indicative they are of autism at a population level.

MIT professors Leonid Mirny, Davesh Maulik, Aram Harrow, Virginia Vassilevska Williams, and Vinod Vaikuntanathan have been selected to receive the 2023 Simons Investigator Awards from the Simons Foundation in support of their work on fundamental theoretical questions of math, physics, and computer science.

Forbes Summit on Philanthropy was held in New York City gathering over 100 global philanthropists, social entrepreneurs, and business leaders

Assistant professor of physics Mikhail Ivanov will receive the 2024 New Horizons in Physics Prize, which he will share with Marko Simonović from the National Institute for Nuclear Physics (INFN) at the University of Florence, and Oliver Philcox from

Forbes 400 Summit for Philanthropy

Alexandru Lupsasca and Michael Johnson won the physics prize for their work on photon spheres — weird rings of light around black holes that may reveal a theory of quantum gravity.

Mikhail Ivanov, Oliver Philcox, and Marko Simonović won the award for their work studying the universes most fundamental properties.

CAPE CANAVERAL, Fla. — NASA said Thursday that the study of UFOs will require new scientific techniques, including advanced satellites as well as a shift in how unidentified flying objects

Last week a self-styled UFO expert displayed two specimens in the Mexican Congress, claiming they are "not part of our terrestrial evolution."