‘We have no experience with what it’s like to have things smarter than us.’ Credit: Johnny Guatto/University of Toronto Geoffrey Hinton, one of the so-called ‘Godfathers of AI’ has won…
The venom of black widow spiders contains a cocktail of seven specific latrotoxins, but only one — α-latrotoxin — targets vertebrates, including humans. Chemists at the University of Münster have…
Hello, and welcome back to State of Emergency. My name is Zoya Teirstein. We’ve heard it time and again: Despite what the science says, climate change does not rank high…
What lies beneath the deep, dark reaches of your local lake? If it’s ever been featured in one of Geo Rutherford’s viral TikTok videos, chances are—it’s spooky. “[Lakes] hold onto…
Four computer science engineers in Colorado are looking to tackle the state’s roadkill problem. Because of the various forests, ski resorts, and mountainous roads, Colorado is well known for its…
Paleontologists have described a new genus and species of long-snouted notosuchian from the fragmentary remains found in Brazil’s Adamantina Formation. Epoidesuchus tavaresae is a new species of Peirosauridae from the…
Earth planning date: Friday, Oct. 4, 2024 If you read this blog very often, you know that nearly every time the rover stops for science, MAHLI and APXS focus on…
Nobel Prize winner Dr. Drew Weissman, a physician-scientist and pioneer in the science of immunology. (Image credit: University of Pennsylvania) RNA, a molecular cousin of DNA, was thrust into the…
Two injured individuals of Mnemiopsis leidyi, a species of planktonic animals known as comb jellies or ctenophores, are capable of rapidly fusing into a single entity in which some physiological…
While males typically only live about 8 years, females often reach 20 years old. Credit: Helen H. Richardson/MediaNews Group/The Denver Post via Getty Images It’s tarantula mating season in Colorado…
Geckos use the saccule — a part of their inner ear traditionally associated with maintaining balance and body positioning — to detect low-frequency vibrations, according to a duo of biologists…
An inaccurate blood pressure reading can lead to an inaccurate diagnosis for hypertension. Credit: Deposit Photos Improper arm positions sometimes used during blood pressure screenings may lead to significantly overestimated…
“Ooooh, it’s electric,” squealed a passerby on the sidewalk as I whooshed away from the Chedi Andermatt hotel in Switzerland in the stunning $332,200 Jetstream blue Bentley Continental GTC Speed…
Gear Home Smart Home This discount knocks more than 40 percent off the robot vacuum’s original price. Posted on Oct 7, 2024 10:08 AM EDT Brandt Ranj / Popular Science…
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Hubble’s Wide Field Camera 3 (WFC3) has taken a striking new image of the grand design spiral galaxy NGC 5248. This Hubble image shows NGC 5248, a grand design spiral…
The James Webb Space Telescope’s view of the “Pillars of Creation,” one of astronomer Maggie Aderin-Pocock’s favorite space images. (Image credit: NASA, ESA, CSA, STScI; Joseph DePasquale (STScI), Anton M.…
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“FEEDING FRENZY” I was cruising in a Zodiac when I saw a group of Cape Petrels in the water. As I approached I could see they were feeding on something,…
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