‘High agency’: what the science says about the latest tech buzzword
In 218 BC, the Carthaginian general Hannibal crossed the Alps against the advice of his men,…
An small microbial ecosystem has formed on the International Space Station
“One of the more similar environments to the ISS was in the isolation dorms on the…
We’ve figured out the basics of a shape-shifting, T-1000-style material
Campàs and his colleagues decided to design cell-like robots that could do all those things. T-1000…
Whales sing when they’ve had a good meal – new research
Spanning more octaves than a piano, humpback whales sing powerfully into the vast ocean. These songs…
COVID shots protect kids from long COVID—and don’t cause sudden death
Benefits and a non-existent risk Using an adjusted odds ratio, the researchers found that vaccination reduced…
Erotica, gore and racism: how America’s war on ‘ideological bias’ is letting AI off the leash
Badly behaved artificial intelligence (AI) systems have a long history in science fiction. Way back in…
Anti-Ageing Millionaire Bryan Johnson Launches “Don’t Die” Summit | Firstpost America | N18G
Anti-Ageing Millionaire Bryan Johnson Launches “Don’t Die” Summit | Firstpost America | N18G Tech millionaire-turned-biohacker Bryan…
New experiments finally prove a long-forgotten theory about how quantum particles spin
What makes something quantum? This question has kept a small but dedicated fraction of the world’s…
Turning the Moon into a fuel depot will take a lot of power
But, of course, you need to make the fuel there in the first place. The obvious…
Moon rocks reveal hidden lunar history
That mission, and the 2020 Chang’e-5 robotic mission before it, are the first to return lunar…
From 900 miles away, the US government recorded audio of the Titan sub implosion
The waveform of the recording. From SOSUS to wind farms Back in the 1960s, 70s, and…
OpenAI’s new ‘deep research’ agent is still just a fallible tool – not a human-level expert
OpenAI’s “deep research” is the latest artificial intelligence (AI) tool making waves and promising to do…
22 states sue to block new NIH funding policy—court puts it on hold
Regardless of what else they might be doing, the indirect costs pay for various critical campus…
National Institutes of Health radically cuts support to universities
Grants paid by the federal government have two components. One covers the direct costs of performing…
Taking the ‘forever’ out of ‘forever chemicals’: we worked out how to destroy the PFAS in batteries
Clearly, the battery recycling rate must improve. This is where everyday people can help. In the…