Astrophysics

Let's use AI to rethink education, instead of panicking about cheating

Let's use AI to rethink education, instead of panicking...

SIN Oct 19, 2023 0 4

If we build and use AI effectively, we can create an education system where stud...

Hundreds of chatbots could show us how to make social media less toxic

Hundreds of chatbots could show us how to make social m...

SIN Oct 19, 2023 0 4

A newsfeed algorithm designed to counteract political polarisation could be effe...

UK’s global AI summit must provide solutions rather than suggestions

UK’s global AI summit must provide solutions rather tha...

SIN Oct 19, 2023 0 5

Efforts to regulate artificial intelligence are gathering steam across the world...

Strange upward lightning shoots out X-rays as it rises to the clouds

Strange upward lightning shoots out X-rays as it rises ...

SIN Oct 19, 2023 0 6

Tall buildings made from electrically conductive materials can send lightning bo...

Why free will doesn't exist, according to Robert Sapolsky

Why free will doesn't exist, according to Robert Sapolsky

SIN Oct 19, 2023 0 3

It's hard to let go of the idea that free will exists, but neuroscientist Robert...

Tiniest particle accelerator is so small it could fit into a pen tip

Tiniest particle accelerator is so small it could fit i...

SIN Oct 18, 2023 0 4

A particle accelerator that measures just 0.2 mm in length uses laser light to a...

Bird flu now sweeping the world evolved in Europe and Africa

Bird flu now sweeping the world evolved in Europe and A...

SIN Oct 18, 2023 0 26

For about 25 years, bird flu viruses typically originated in Asia – but the viru...

Energy-guzzling data centres could work just as well with less cooling

Energy-guzzling data centres could work just as well wi...

SIN Oct 18, 2023 0 4

Data centres consume a huge amount of energy, but researchers have found a simpl...

Is England doing enough to stop covid-19 spreading in hospitals?

Is England doing enough to stop covid-19 spreading in h...

SIN Oct 18, 2023 0 6

New figures confirm toll of the coronavirus on hospital patients during UK’s sec...

Working with robots can make humans put in less effort

Working with robots can make humans put in less effort

SIN Oct 18, 2023 0 4

Robots that do their job reliably can cause humans who work alongside them to be...

How to see the Orionid meteor shower peak this weekend

How to see the Orionid meteor shower peak this weekend

SIN Oct 18, 2023 0 30

The Orionids are one of the most reliably active annual meteor showers, and with...

Edible and delicious Chinese mitten crabs are invading the UK

Edible and delicious Chinese mitten crabs are invading ...

SIN Oct 18, 2023 0 26

Numbers of invasive Chinese mitten crabs are believed to be growing in the UK, c...

Scientists prefer feedback from ChatGPT to judgement by peers

Scientists prefer feedback from ChatGPT to judgement by...

SIN Oct 18, 2023 0 3

Scientific research must be reviewed by other scientists before it is published,...

Mega penguins: These are the largest penguins to have ever lived

Mega penguins: These are the largest penguins to have e...

SIN Oct 18, 2023 0 23

No penguin alive today can compare with some of the extinct giants that once roa...

Hitting the snooze button on your alarm doesn't make you more tired

Hitting the snooze button on your alarm doesn't make yo...

SIN Oct 18, 2023 0 4

Snoozing your alarm doesn't make you sleepier, moodier or less cognitively sharp...

Pepper X: The world has a new hottest chilli

Pepper X: The world has a new hottest chilli

SIN Oct 18, 2023 0 2

Pepper X scorches the previous record holder, the Carolina Reaper, by a million ...

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