Astrophysics

AI made from living human brain cells performs speech recognition

AI made from living human brain cells performs speech r...

SIN Dec 11, 2023 0 27

A biocomputing system consisting of living brain cells learned to recognise the ...

Electric eel zaps can genetically modify other nearby animals

Electric eel zaps can genetically modify other nearby a...

SIN Dec 11, 2023 0 4

Scientists use electricity to make cells take up DNA – and the same process coul...

Can the EU's plan to regulate AI keep up with rapidly evolving tech?

Can the EU's plan to regulate AI keep up with rapidly e...

SIN Dec 11, 2023 0 28

The European Union is finalising its AI Act, which attempts to regulate the use ...

AI predicts age of newly discovered supernovae within milliseconds

AI predicts age of newly discovered supernovae within m...

SIN Dec 11, 2023 0 5

An AI that predicts the time of first light from exploding stars could help astr...

COP28: Why a climate adaptation deal is a ‘matter of life or death’

COP28: Why a climate adaptation deal is a ‘matter of li...

SIN Dec 11, 2023 0 3

Supporting people and countries that are already experiencing devastation from c...

How to see the spectacular Geminid meteor shower peak this week

How to see the spectacular Geminid meteor shower peak t...

SIN Dec 11, 2023 0 30

This year's Geminid meteor shower will peak on 14 December, shortly after a new ...

Cannabis can relieve pain short-term, but we still don't know how

Cannabis can relieve pain short-term, but we still don'...

SIN Dec 9, 2023 0 3

There is some evidence that cannabis is an effective short-term pain-reliever bu...

Great Wall of China protected from erosion by coat of lichen and moss

Great Wall of China protected from erosion by coat of l...

SIN Dec 9, 2023 0 4

Much of the Great Wall of China is covered in a biocrust of lichen, moss and cya...

Having children earlier in life is genetically linked to dying younger

Having children earlier in life is genetically linked t...

SIN Dec 9, 2023 0 28

An analysis of over 270,000 people's genomes has found that people with genes li...

Scientists have invented virtual reality goggles for mice

Scientists have invented virtual reality goggles for mice

SIN Dec 8, 2023 0 4

Studying the brain activity of a mouse while it scurries around different virtua...

Jumping spiders seem to recognise each other if they have met before

Jumping spiders seem to recognise each other if they ha...

SIN Dec 8, 2023 0 13

Regal jumpers, a type of jumping spider, appear to be less interested in each ot...

The moon may enter a new geological period thanks to human activity

The moon may enter a new geological period thanks to hu...

SIN Dec 8, 2023 0 4

Humans have been altering the lunar surface since the first Soviet probe in 1959...

This mathematical trick can help you imagine space-time

This mathematical trick can help you imagine space-time

SIN Dec 8, 2023 0 25

Visualising space-time can be a mind-melting exercise, but mathematician Manil S...

We now know why we find some jokes funny - thanks to Seinfeld

We now know why we find some jokes funny - thanks to Se...

SIN Dec 8, 2023 0 28

Scientists have a better understanding of how we enjoy jokes after monitoring pe...

World predicted to break 1.5°C warming limit for first time in 2024

World predicted to break 1.5°C warming limit for first ...

SIN Dec 8, 2023 0 3

There is a reasonable chance 2024 will be the first year in which the average gl...

Honeyguide birds respond to special calls from human honey-hunters

Honeyguide birds respond to special calls from human ho...

SIN Dec 8, 2023 0 3

Honey-hunters from several African cultures use different sounds to communicate ...

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