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Voice training data has been ignored when it comes to AI evaluationIsrael Palacio/Unsplash Artificial intelligence models that generate speech are trained on potentially biased, offensive language,…
РоманЗаворотный/Adobe Stock You've probably already noticed that the prices of many foods in your shopping cart have increased significantly. In the UK, the price of white…
The northern pocket gopher (Thomomys talpoides) brings unexpected benefits to the ecosystem All photos of Canada/Alamy Two years after Mount St. Helens erupted in 1980, a…
Uranus is more normal than we thoughtNASA/Space Telescope Science Institute Uranus’ strange magnetic field may be much less strange than astronomers first thought, and it could…
A great white shark attacks a dummy seal during an experiment in which lights were used to deter shark attacksNathan Hart, Macquarie University Lighting the underside…
Bubbles trapped in Antarctic ice were used to estimate past temperaturesaldiami/Andreas Alexander/Alamy Humankind has already caused around 1.5 degrees Celsius of warming since the start of…
Scientists from the Leibniz Center for Archaeology and Durham University conducted a study on a collection of 406 carved schist tablets discovered at the Magdalenian site…
The textile and leather industries pollute water through dyeing and tanning, and plastic pollution from synthetic fibers. In particular, the chemicals used by synthetic chemical manufacturers…
“Of course, providing emotional support should be at the heart of any good relationship.”Skynesher/Getty Images After a recent book talk, an audience member said this about…
Ice collapsing into the water at Perito Moreno Glacier in Los Glaciares National Park, Argentina RM Nunes/Alamy Delaying reaching net-zero emissions by just a few years…
New research suggests how skateboarders behave You can use math to spice up your halfpipe game. Tricks like kickflips and ollies require speed. Skateboarders gain speed…
application: a specific use or function of something. atom: Basic unit of chemical elements. Atoms consist of a dense nucleus containing positively charged protons and uncharged…
The annual Taurid meteor shower is back and it’s a two-part shooting star spectacle. The first half, Southern Taurus, already occurred in September. But if you…
For many children growing up, Scooby Doo and Looney Tunes painted a picture of quicksand as a lurking danger. One misstep and you could face a…
Bats may not have the best reputation, with myths about them being vampires and getting tangled in hair. The coronavirus pandemic also added to their negative…
In certain areas of the world, such as Canada’s Hudson Bay, gravity is slightly lower than in other areas. This is because an object with more…
overview For the fourth year in a row, the snow has melted in parts of Scotland known for remaining snowy all year round. This is the…
Study finds evidence of multiple instances of Denisovan populations interbreeding with modern humans
The identification of a new human group called the Denisovans has been one of the most exciting discoveries in human evolution over the past decade. Unlike…
A new device has been developed by researchers that can potentially diagnose lung cancer by analyzing a patient’s breath. This innovative sensor, created by scientists in…
Elephants are masters of using hoses. A hose is considered a complex tool because of its flexibility, length, and the physical properties of the flowing water.…
Chimpanzee taking a number test on a touch screenAkiho Muramatsu Audience pressure can affect human performance both positively and negatively, and it turns out the same…
Recent studies have revealed the significant role of the gut microbiome, a vast community of microorganisms residing in the digestive tract, in influencing the body’s response…
the universe is full of matterMohd. Afza/Shutterstock The following is an excerpt from the Lost in Space-Time newsletter. Every month, we hand over the keyboard to…
After centuries, it has been discovered that long-standing beliefs about some of the inhabitants of Pompeii were not as accurate as previously thought.Recent DNA analysis of…
A type of spiny toad that has several males with a female in the middle. Alois Pichard Every year, large flocks of spiny toads (buffer spinas)…
Coal-fired power plants and wind turbines coexist rather than replace each other in Germany’s Westphalia Mauritius Images GmbH / Alamy More, more, more Jean-Baptiste Freso (Allen…
beetle: An order of insects known as Coleoptera, which includes at least 350,000 species. Adults tend to have stiff and/or horn-like “forefeathers” that cover the wings…
Sedimentary mineral deposits discovered on the surface of Mars may be the remains of ancient oceans from 3.5 billion years ago. New results from China's Tianwen-1/Zhulong…
A team of scientists from the University of Arizona, Delft University of Technology, and the California Institute of Technology's Lunar and Planetary Institute has developed a…
overview Much of the Northeast is in drought after an unusually dry and warm start to autumn. Nationally, October was one of the driest months on…
brown floating island Sargassum seaweed Andrei Nekrasov/Alamy The big question of the mid-21st century is not how to transition away from fossil fuels (a process that…
Roger Penrose at the Austrian Institute of Science and Technology APA-PictureDesk/Alamy impossible man Patchen Barth (Atlantic Books (UK, November 14). Basic Books (US, November 12)) Many…
Plaster statues of those who died at Pompeii. DNA testing revealed that the adult on the right was a man unrelated to the young child in…
Topographic map of Mars showing Utopian plains that may have once been an oceanUnited States Geological Survey Possible ancient coastlines have been discovered in a region…
Elon Musk will board a private jet in Beijing in 2023Jade Gao/AFP via Getty Images Researchers say private jet flights should be subject to a carbon…
Liverpool fans crowd to watch the on-field VAR screen at Anfield Stadium Alex Dodd – CameraSport via Getty Images If you’ve watched any football, or even…
Yellowfin marmots live in colonies with a single dominant maleMaria Janicki/Alamy Friendly groups of marmots could help settle an enduring debate in evolutionary theory about whether…
Difficult to separate oil and water without leaving behind impuritiesAbaka Press/Alamy A mixture of oil and water can be efficiently separated by pumping it through narrow…
Hairy animals such as rats and dogs shiver to dry. Atikinka 2/Getty Images If you’ve ever been close to a dog that went swimming, you’ve probably…
Farm workers exposed to infected dairy cows found to have avian influenza antibodiesHelen King/Getty Images There may be more human cases of avian influenza in the…
