Full-text search Fulltext search 18 Resultate AI beats human player at StarCraft II The artificial intelligence AlphaStar has beaten the best human players at the computer game StarCraft II. According to a study, the system developed by Google’s development forge DeepMind scored better than 99.8 percent of active human gamers. Aircraft of the future make less noise In an Empa research project, study participants rated the noise of new types of aircraft as less annoying than the noise of today's aircraft. Does the weather influence the success of pop music? A study involving the Max Planck Institute (MPI) for Empirical Aesthetics suggests that the weather influences the Top 10 charts. Mitigating the effects of global warming with moon dust In a recent study, US scientists suggest using moon dust to combat global warming, since lunar dust shields a lot of sunlight with little mass. Other experts are critical of this method. “Quick eye” improved da Vinci’s sketches and paintings According to a Swiss study, Leonardo da Vinci had superior vision, which allowed him to observe even the individual beats of a dragonfly’s wings. Microplastics could promote cancer According to a new study, tiny plastic particles can be passed on during cell division. This could potentially favour the spread of cancer. AI recognises the briefest emotions better than therapists AI can recognise emotions based on facial expressions. In one study, AI even performed better than trained therapists.