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Contrary to popular belief, babies aren’t born seeing only in black and white – their colour vision is limited, though. Newborns can detect some intense colours, especially red, but it’s as though the saturation dial is turned down. This...

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A newly discovered biological chain reaction explains how high levels of a common brain chemical can lead to cellular overdrive in autism spectrum disorder. By tracing how nitric oxide disables a protective protein to accelerate cell...

Popular Science

Hummingbirds mesmerize us with their lightning-fast zips across the yard and their impossibly tiny stature. It’s tempting to think attracting them is as simple as hanging a bright red feeder and calling it a day. But there’s more to...

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A new study suggests that a common menopause treatment may influence how effectively certain weight-loss medications work. A new study led by Mayo Clinic reports that postmenopausal women who used menopausal hormone therapy lost...

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A newly discovered gene switch may help turn chemotherapy-resistant pancreatic cancer into a treatable disease. Researchers at Duke-NUS Medical School have discovered a molecular “switch” that determines whether pancreatic cancer cells...

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A recent study published in Personal Relationships provides evidence that individuals with exceptionally trusting and kind personalities do not actively seek out manipulative or cruel partners. Instead, they simply tend to be less likely...

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There once was a time when a type 2 diabetes diagnosis meant learning to live with a lifelong chronic condition. But perhaps it doesn’t have to be so permanent after all. In recent years, research has shown it could be possible to turn...

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A new national poll highlights a surprising gap in public awareness about a major dietary risk factor for colorectal cancer. Many Americans still do not realize that processed meat is linked to colorectal cancer, according to a new poll....

Popular Science

In February, Tracie Young, director of the Raven Ridge Wildlife Center in Pennsylvania, received an unforgettable phone call.  A game warden asked if the center in southeastern Pennsylvania had room for a bobcat that had been hit and...

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Artificial Intelligence Watershed Moment for AI–Human Collaboration in MathBenjamin Skuse | IEEE Spectrum “The 8-dimensional sphere-packing proof formalization alone, announced on February 23, represents a watershed moment for...

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A study by researchers in the Netherlands found that individuals with higher levels of ADHD symptoms are more prone to problematic social media use and problematic gaming. However, this link is not mediated by the cognitive deficits...

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It should come as no surprise that we have more detailed maps of the Moon than the deep seafloor. The surface of the Moon is much easier to see because there’s no huge, deep ocean covering it up. With a telescope and a clear night, anyone...

Scientific American

Advances in organ and computer models are raising the prospect that some animal experiments could be eliminated. But there are still huge hurdles to overcome

Scientific American

You might have a love-hate relationship with daylight saving time, but research shows that urban wildlife may stand to benefit

Scientific American

Mainstream chatbots presented varying levels of resistance to deliberate requests for fabrication, study finds

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Recent research published in Psychiatry Research: Neuroimaging suggests that people with borderline personality disorder who hear voices show distinct structural differences in certain brain regions. These physical brain differences tend...

SciTech Daily

Researchers used molecular signatures in mobile DNA to trace the evolutionary origins of the cultivated strawberry genome. Polyploid genomes form when entire genomes duplicate and combine through repeated hybridization events. This process...

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A newly named Australian tree nicknamed the “zombie tree” cannot reproduce because of a deadly fungal disease. A recently identified tree species in Australia has been nicknamed “zombie” by scientists, who warn that urgent intervention...

Popular Science

In the Congo Basin, two groups of wild western lowland gorillas encounter photographer Hugo Hebbe. One group is familiar with humans, reacting with indifference to the attention. The other remains cautious, scamping off when humans...

Ars Technica

The Spinosaurus is a sail-backed, crocodile-snouted dinosaur that Hollywood depicted as a giant terrestrial predator capable of taking down a T. rex in Jurassic Park 3. Then they changed their mind and made it a fully aquatic diver in...

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Scientists may have been dramatically undercounting the number of vertebrate species on Earth. A large analysis of more than 300 studies suggests that for every recognized species of fish, bird, mammal, reptile, or amphibian, there may be...

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New research published in the Journal of Experimental Psychology: Applied suggests that people often overestimate their understanding of political facts. This tendency to be overconfident appears most common among individuals who actually...

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Chris Maddison was just an intern when he started working on the Go-playing AI that would eventually become AlphaGo. A decade later, he talks about that match against Lee Sedol and what came next

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It's been 10 years since Go champion Lee Sedol lost to DeepMind's AlphaGo. Has the technology lived up to its potential?

SciTech Daily

A newly designed optical centrifuge allows scientists to control molecular rotation inside superfluid helium nano-droplets. Physicists have developed a new version of an optical centrifuge that can control how molecules rotate while they...

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A new computational approach reveals how subtle structural changes in polyheptazine imides can dramatically influence their ability to convert sunlight into chemical energy. Photocatalysis offers a promising way to convert abundant...

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Ancient DNA from Ajvide graves shows Stone Age burials often grouped extended relatives, highlighting the importance of wider kinship networks. One grave contained a young woman buried beside two small children who were not her own. In...

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An accelerated five-day TMS protocol may rival the standard six-week treatment for depression. For many people living with depression, medications do not provide enough relief. In these cases, transcranial magnetic stimulation (TMS) has...

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A receptor involved in normal physiological processes may also drive breast cancer growth when overexpressed. A surgeon can remove a breast tumor, but surgery does not always eliminate every cancer cell. This is particularly true when the...

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A new study published in Cognition and Emotion has discovered that the wording of trigger warnings can meaningfully influence how people respond to distressing material, even though the warnings themselves do not reduce emotional distress....

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Learn more about the different types of noise sensitivities and the treatment options available. 

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Tracking over 600,000 veterans shows that GLP-1 receptor agonists are linked to lower rates of substance use disorders, fewer overdoses, and fewer addiction-related hospital visits.

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Learn more about a global survey that showed Gen Z men are twice as likely as Baby Boomers to support traditional gender roles.

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Learn more about the growing concern that the current research on microplastics in human bodies may not be fully accurate.

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Learn how scientists were able to confirm that asteroid 2024 YR4 will not hit the moon in 2032, and will instead pass by safely. 

SciTech Daily

A sweeping review of dozens of clinical trials suggests that today’s most widely used GLP-1 receptor agonist drugs produce broadly consistent weight-loss results across age, race, ethnicity, and baseline health measures. Weight loss drugs...

Singularity Hub

AI-powered digital assistants can do many complex tasks on their own. But who takes responsibility when they cause harm? Scott Shambaugh, a volunteer maintainer for a programming code library called Matplotlib, recently described a...

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Learn how citizen scientists helped scientists measure the deadly impact of the Great Texas Freeze on purple martins.

NASA Breaking News

Northrop Grumman’s Cygnus XL cargo craft, carrying over 11,000 pounds of new science and supplies for the Expedition 73 crew, is pictured moments before its capture with the International Space Station’s Canadarm2 robotic arm. Both...

NPR Science

It's long been assumed that koalas in southern Australia are genetically unhealthy. A new study finds they're actually recovering, changing how scientists look at genetic risks.

Popular Science

Perhaps one of life’s hardest tasks is deciding what to do with a loved one’s—or even your own—bodily remains. Do you go the cremation route? What about human composting or a green burial? What’s the easiest option? But then, what’s the...

Science Focus

Yes, the Moon is technically drifting off into space, but it’s not in a hurry: the distance between it and us is growing by around 3cm (1.2in) every year.  This phenomenon, known as lunar recession, is caused by the complex...

Scientific American

Smashing a spacecraft into a binary asteroid system has managed to alter its path around the sun, a new analysis reveals

Scientific American

Swapping out one AI model on a classified network for another takes minutes. Retraining the people who’ve learned to rely on it will take much longer

Ars Technica

On September 26, 2022, NASA’s Double Asteroid Redirection Test (DART) spacecraft crashed into a binary asteroid system. By intentionally ramming a probe into the 160-meter-wide moonlet named Dimorphos, the smaller of the two asteroids,...

MIT Technology Review

The ongoing public feud between the Department of Defense and AI company Anthropic over its technology has raised a deep open question: does the law actually allow the US government to conduct mass surveillance on Americans? Surprisingly,...

Universe Today

Today’s Picture of the Week, taken with ESO’s Very Large Telescope (VLT), seems to have captured a cosmic hawk as it spans its wings.