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An intelligent approach? Feedback always falls on deaf ears when I see publications with self-aggrandizing titles. So we noticed one social media post with interest. rebecca…
ILooks like it’s going to be a fun vacation. A week spent tending to the absentee landlord’s garden in a remote village in the Netherlands. Birds…
Artist’s impression of space junk orbiting Earth Mark Garlick/Science Photo Library/Alamy The growing threat of space debris should be addressed with a new global agreement to…
saber-toothed tiger skull (Smilodon)steve morton Predators have evolved saber teeth many times throughout the history of life. And now we have a better understanding of why…
Crosswords can be mathematically uniqueChadwick/Getty Images When you fill in a crossword, it can suddenly go from horribly difficult to extremely easy. This is similar to…
The bright and dark part of Mercury's north pole seen from the BepiColombo spacecraftESA/BepiColombo/MTM These images illustrate the pockmarked surface of Mercury and are a preview…
Elon Musk has stated that artificial intelligence companies have utilized all available human knowledge and are now turning to “synthetic” data to train their models. According…
Diaper changing is a daily routine for new parents.Ian Allenden/Alamy Stock Photo Parents don't easily develop aversions, but only after the child starts eating solid foods.…
A team of international scientists achieved a major milestone on Thursday by successfully drilling one of the oldest ice cores ever. They penetrated nearly 2 miles…
Next month, world leaders will gather in Paris. AI Action Summitthe latest in a series of high-profile international events on artificial intelligence. Previous meetings have brought…
IIn the West Bank city of Nablus, Rashid Abueide operates a nut roaster to support his family. Additionally, he is an award-winning game developer. A decade…
Gerald Durrell covered in lemurs Victor Watts/Shutterstock myself and other animalsGerald Durrell (Viking) Conservationist Gerald Durrell's first dog, Simon, was a coward. A garden hose is…
Quantum computers could use heat to eliminate errorsChalmers University of Technology, Lovisa Håkansson A small cooling device can automatically reset malfunctioning components in a quantum computer.…
Experts and politicians are warning that significant changes to Meta’s social media platform are setting it on a collision course with lawmakers in the UK and…
HWhat do you think, humans? My name is Arwa and I am a genuine member of this species homo sapiens. We are talking about 100% real…
Are you familiar with uterine fibroids? It’s not surprising if you’re not, as they are not widely discussed. However, they can affect 70-80% of women by…
American paleontologists have discovered the fossilized remains of a new species of sauropod dinosaur that lived in the northern hemisphere (Laurasian supercontinent) during the Carnian period…
High-resolution UAV-based aerial survey of the massive Bronze Age fortress Domanissis Gora in Georgia, South Caucasus, reveals the extent of a large external fortification system and…
Scientists of University of Bergen: The surprising diversity of behavior within the rosette-shaped colony has been revealed. Salpingoeca Rosetta is a rare species of choanoflagellates -…
Paleontologists have discovered two new three-dimensionally preserved aculiferous mollusks from the Silurian period, showing that the earliest molluscs were more complex and adaptable than previously known.…
The National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration said the return of offshore wind power is expected to keep fire danger high across the region through Friday morning.…
Eric Porth, director of the California Water Resources Institute, mentioned that having more water tanks in the Palisades area could have been beneficial. However, he noted…
The breeding season for emperor penguins is fraught with danger.Stefan Christmann/naturepl.com A rover silently explores a forbidding icy landscape. Suddenly it buzzed to life and spotted…
Physicians as a whole are a very smart group, but they can be resistant to change. The most famous example is probably the 19th century surgeon…
December 2024 Starship rocket preparing for seventh flightspace x SpaceX's next Starship test flight will be its most ambitious yet, and for the first time will…
MIta’s Rewritten policy on ‘hateful acts’ That means users will be able to say different kinds of things on that platform, Facebook, Instagram, and Threads. After…
Palisades fire spreads through Los Angeles homes Ethan Swope/Associated Press/Alamy Fast-moving wildfires in the Los Angeles area are getting out of control long after California’s normal…
During sleep, your brain eliminates toxins that have accumulated throughout the day. Robert Reeder/Getty Images Sleeping pills may help you doze off, but the sleep you…
Digital model of an ancient mollusk punk ferox and emo swirl, Created from X-ray scans of fossilsSutton et al. Nature (2025) Two prehistoric marine mollusk fossils…
In certain quantum systems, paraparticles can appear as vibrations Giro Science/Science Photo Library A group of fundamental particles long theorized but thought to be physically impossible…
Founder of Facebook Mark Zuckerberg His company Meta announced on Tuesday that it would scrap the facts. He accused the US checkers of making biased decisions…
CRISPR proteins (blue and pink) are attached to an RNA sequence (orange) that guides where to cut the DNA (purple). Science Photo Library / Alamy Stock…
With music sales and streaming revenue reaching a record high of £2.4 billion, the UK video games market has experienced consistent growth over the years, despite…
Drinking coffee in the morning may be more strongly associated with a lower risk of death than drinking coffee later in the day, according to a…
TThe weather was distinctly Scottish during the holidays, so instead of attending the planned party, my family and I stayed home to celebrate Hogmanay. Our youngest…
Katie Tam was constantly switching between videos while watching YouTube. If a video didn’t capture her attention in the first 30 seconds, she would move on…
Analysis shows that since 2016, Elon Musk’s electric car company has received approximately £200m in subsidies from the UK government. Tesla, led by a tech billionaire…
It’s relatively easy to contaminate the output of an AI chatbotNicolas Maeterlinck/BELGA MAG/AFP via Getty Images Artificial intelligence chatbots already have a problem with misinformation, and…
The sister of OpenAI CEO Sam Altman has filed a lawsuit alleging that he sexually abused her on a regular basis over several years as a…
New Glenn on the launch pad in Cape Canaveral, Florida blue origin Blue Origin, the space company owned by Amazon founder Jeff Bezos, is scheduled to…
