Savings rates will still fall even further experts predict

Experts have warned that hard-up savers face more misery with providers likely to shave even more off the tiny returns currently on offer. Bankers and industry experts said the combination of a record low base rate of 0.1 per cent, cheap Bank of England cash in the form of quantitative easing, a fall in mortgage … Read more

Celebrity MasterChef fans predict that Myles Stephenson will take home the 2020 crown

Celebrity MasterChef fans predict that Myles Stephenson will take home the 2020 crown… as they swoon over Rak-Su hunk’s culinary prowess By Andrew Bullock For Mailonline Published: 22:51 BST, 1 July 2020 | Updated: 22:53 BST, 1 July 2020 Celebrity MasterChef returned on Wednesday night – and viewers believe they’ve sussed out who’ll win it. … Read more

Dominic Cummings plans special bootcamp to teach government advisors ‘how to predict the future’

Dominic Cummings plans special bootcamp to teach government advisors ‘how to predict the future’ by reading book on how only the paranoid survive Dominic Cummings has ordered government advisers to read two books  Superforecasting by Philip Tetlocks deals with predicting the future  High Output Management by Andrew Grove claims ‘only the paranoid survive’  Cummings will … Read more

AI experts call to block publication of study on neural network that claims to ‘predict’ criminality

AI experts attempt to block publication of study on neural network that claims to ‘predict’ criminality, saying it’s based on ‘unsound scientific premises’ The skeptics say the study is based on shoddy scientific research They’re calling for Springer to rescind its commitment to publish the study  Proponents say the facial recognition algorithm could have applications in … Read more

Scientists predict Mediterranean could see a 40% decline in rainfall in coming decades 

Scientists predict Mediterranean could see a 40% decline in rainfall in the coming decades, leading to water shortages, agricultural shortfalls, and civil unrest A new MIT study predicts major rainfall shortages in the Mediterranean The declines will be driven by changes in the jetstream and shrinking difference in temperatures on land and sea that will … Read more

Coronavirus IS seasonal, suggest vibrant maps that help predict when and where virus will spread 

The novel coronavirus is seasonal and spreads in certain climate conditions, a new study suggests. Researchers found that areas affected early on in the outbreak were on a similar band of northern latitude, such as Wuhan and Daegu in Asia; Milan and Paris in Europe; and Seattle in the US. Also related among these cities … Read more

Coronavirus in sewage can predict outbreaks up to a WEEK before cases peak

Monitoring sewage for high concentrations of coronavirus genetic material might help officials predict new outbreaks up to seven days early, new research suggests.  Scientists have recently confirmed that while spit and mucus from coughs and sneezes are the main ways that coronavirus is transmitted, humans also ‘shed’ the virus in feces.  Yale University scientists have … Read more

Enlarged heart chamber may predict who dies of coronavirus, study suggests

Can the heart predict who will die of coronavirus? Hospitalized patients with enlarged right heart chambers are nearly FOUR TIMES more likely to be killed by the infection, study finds Growing evidence suggests coronavirus attacks the heart and blood vessels as well as the lungs  Researchers at Mt Sinai Icahn School of Medicine gave EKGs … Read more

CDC director says models predict coronavirus deaths will accelerate in coming weeks

The director of the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention has said that all statistical models tracked by the agency predict that coronavirus deaths in the U.S. will accelerate in the coming weeks. ‘CDC tracks 12 different forecasting models of possible COVID-19 deaths in the US,’ Dr. Robert R. Redfield said in a tweet. ‘As … Read more

US coronavirus crisis could be over by the end of JULY, experts predict

America’s coronavirus crisis could be over by the end of July, a new model predicts.  It comes as several states – including New York, which has become both the national and international epicenter of the coronavirus pandemic – begin to gradually reopen.  Collaborating Researchers at the University of Texas at Houston and Fudan University in … Read more