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How to wrap your head around the most mind-bending theories of reality

Wed, 03/20/2024 - 12:00pm
From the many worlds interpretation to panpsychism, theories of reality often sound absurd. Here’s how you can figure out which ones to take seriously
Categories: Astronomy

Flying drone can roll on the ground to save energy over long distances

Wed, 03/20/2024 - 10:00am
Researchers claim to have combined the benefits of rolling robots with those of flying drones by creating a device that rotates along the ground but hops over obstacles
Categories: Astronomy

Mathematician wins 2024 Abel prize for making sense of randomness

Wed, 03/20/2024 - 7:00am
Michel Talagrand has won the 2024 Abel prize for his work researching probability theory and the extremes of randomness
Categories: Astronomy

Artists who use AI are more productive but less original

Wed, 03/20/2024 - 2:00am
An analysis of work posted on a popular art-sharing website finds that users who adopted generative artificial intelligence tools increased their output, but saw a drop in novelty
Categories: Astronomy

Human brains have been mysteriously preserved for thousands of years

Tue, 03/19/2024 - 8:01pm
Intact human brains 12,000 years old or more have been found in unexpected places such as shipwrecks and waterlogged graves, but it is unclear what preserved them
Categories: Astronomy

Amazingly preserved Bronze Age village reveals life in ancient England

Tue, 03/19/2024 - 8:00pm
A settlement in the east of England burned down in a fire 3000 years ago, falling into a muddy waterway that preserved everything inside the houses including tools, fabric, cooking pots and more
Categories: Astronomy

CRISPR could disable and cure HIV, suggests promising lab experiment

Tue, 03/19/2024 - 7:01pm
The gene-editing strategy could be a way to disable HIV that lies dormant in immune cells, meaning people would no longer need to take daily medication
Categories: Astronomy

Common antibiotics can regenerate heart cells in animals

Tue, 03/19/2024 - 1:00pm
A combination of widely available antibiotics may be able to treat heart failure after researchers found that the therapy regenerates heart cells in animals
Categories: Astronomy

DeepMind and Liverpool FC develop AI to advise on football tactics

Tue, 03/19/2024 - 12:00pm
An AI model trained on data from Premier League matches can help football coaches devise tactics for attacking or defending corner kicks
Categories: Astronomy

Why supersonic, diamond-spewing volcanoes might be coming back to life

Tue, 03/19/2024 - 12:00pm
Strange volcanoes called kimberlites bring diamonds up from Earth's depths. Scientists have always struggled to understand why they switched off millions of years ago – but perhaps they didn't
Categories: Astronomy

Genetics may protect against disease linked to eating human brains

Tue, 03/19/2024 - 11:00am
Remote tribes in Papua New Guinea were ravaged in the 20th century by kuru, which was spread when people ate their dead relatives as part of funeral rituals – but some individuals may have had genetic resistance to the condition
Categories: Astronomy

Gene variants may protect against brain disease linked to cannibalism

Tue, 03/19/2024 - 11:00am
Remote tribes in Papua New Guinea were ravaged in the 20th century by kuru, which was spread when people ate their dead relatives as part of funeral rituals – but some individuals may have had genetic resistance to the condition
Categories: Astronomy

'Red alert' after key global warming records were smashed in 2023

Tue, 03/19/2024 - 9:00am
2023 wasn't just the hottest year on record by far, it also saw record glacier loss, sea level rise, ocean heat and sea ice loss, says World Meteorological Organization report
Categories: Astronomy

'Forever chemicals' have infiltrated food packaging on a wide scale

Tue, 03/19/2024 - 8:00am
Nearly 70 "forever chemicals", also known as PFAS, are commonly found in materials that come into contact with food, some of which have been linked to negative health outcomes
Categories: Astronomy

‘Running of the bulls’ festival crowds move like charged particles

Tue, 03/19/2024 - 6:00am
Researchers have studied the movements of thousands of people waiting for the opening of the San Fermín festival and found they behave like electrons circling in a magnetic field
Categories: Astronomy

Nvidia's Blackwell AI 'superchip' is the most powerful yet

Tue, 03/19/2024 - 5:59am
A computer chip featuring over 400 billion transistors can train artificial intelligence models faster and using less energy, says Nvidia - but it is yet to reveal the price tag
Categories: Astronomy

Cannabis vaping liquids contain lead and other toxic metals

Tue, 03/19/2024 - 5:00am
The heating elements in vapes can release toxic metals. Now an analysis of cannabis vaping liquids shows metals like lead are present at dangerous levels – even before the vape is used
Categories: Astronomy

Intermittent fasting linked to a higher risk of heart disease death

Mon, 03/18/2024 - 4:00pm
Only eating within an 8-hour window is associated with a significantly higher risk of heart disease-related death compared with eating over 12 to 16 hours
Categories: Astronomy

Blood-clotting drug derived from pigs can now be made synthetically

Mon, 03/18/2024 - 3:00pm
A common anti-clotting drug called heparin is made from pig intestines, which risks contaminations and infections. A safer, synthetic version has now been developed but its production needs scaling up
Categories: Astronomy

Mammoth carcass was scavenged by ancient humans and sabre-toothed cats

Mon, 03/18/2024 - 12:00pm
A southern mammoth skeleton found in Spain bears cut marks from stone tools and bite marks from carnivore teeth, suggesting that both hominins and felids feasted on its meat
Categories: Astronomy