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‘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 …

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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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