Astrophysics

Llamas solve problems faster after watching people do it

Llamas solve problems faster after watching people do it

SIN Jul 14, 2023 0 5

Llamas are able to learn from other llamas and even more effectively from humans...

First over-the-counter birth control pill approved in the US

First over-the-counter birth control pill approved in t...

SIN Jul 14, 2023 0 2

The US Food and Drug Administration approved the oral contraceptive Opill for us...

CRISPR-edited trees reduce the energy and water required to make paper

CRISPR-edited trees reduce the energy and water require...

SIN Jul 14, 2023 0 18

Genetically editing poplar trees reduces the resources required to harvest their...

Quantum randomness of empty space can be controlled with a laser

Quantum randomness of empty space can be controlled wit...

SIN Jul 14, 2023 0 4

The minuscule fluctuations of seemingly empty space can be controlled just enoug...

How can we keep homes cool in extreme heat without air conditioning?

How can we keep homes cool in extreme heat without air ...

SIN Jul 13, 2023 0 2

Many northern countries including the UK must adapt homes to cope with hot weath...

Ancient alligator had a stubby snout and may have chomped on snails

Ancient alligator had a stubby snout and may have chomp...

SIN Jul 13, 2023 0 4

A fossil has been identified as an ancient alligator species with a very short s...

Nerve pain from diabetes can be treated with faecal transplants

Nerve pain from diabetes can be treated with faecal tra...

SIN Jul 13, 2023 0 1

Faecal transplants alleviated nerve pain in people with diabetes, suggesting gut...

Does oil-rich Saudi Arabia really want to mend its ways and go green?

Does oil-rich Saudi Arabia really want to mend its ways...

SIN Jul 13, 2023 0 29

The desert kingdom’s much-hyped, zero-carbon linear city has been dismissed as g...

What is xAI, Elon Musk’s new AI company, and will it succeed?

What is xAI, Elon Musk’s new AI company, and will it su...

SIN Jul 13, 2023 0 3

Elon Musk has announced a new venture called xAI that plans to “understand the t...

Social media brings benefits as well as risks to young people

Social media brings benefits as well as risks to young ...

SIN Jul 13, 2023 0 2

A recent US surgeon general’s report on social media use and youth mental health...

Using bigger AI training data sets may produce more racist results

Using bigger AI training data sets may produce more rac...

SIN Jul 13, 2023 0 2

Contrary to Silicon Valley wisdom, training AIs on larger data sets could worsen...

Stars found hidden in huge cloud wrapped around the Milky Way

Stars found hidden in huge cloud wrapped around the Mil...

SIN Jul 13, 2023 0 18

The Magellanic stream is a cloud of dust and gas that wraps around our galaxy. I...

Shifting where data is processed for AI can reduce environmental harm

Shifting where data is processed for AI can reduce envi...

SIN Jul 13, 2023 0 19

A scheduling algorithm can help redistribute AI workloads among data centres to ...

Malaria vaccine shows promise against relapsing form of the disease

Malaria vaccine shows promise against relapsing form of...

SIN Jul 13, 2023 0 1

A vaccine induced an immune response against the malaria parasite Plasmodium viv...

'Superbubbles' of gas around quasars may form thanks to powerful winds

'Superbubbles' of gas around quasars may form thanks to...

SIN Jul 13, 2023 0 2

Colossal bubbles of hot gas observed around three distant, supermassive black ho...

Bone disease in sabre-toothed tigers may be a sign of inbreeding

Bone disease in sabre-toothed tigers may be a sign of i...

SIN Jul 13, 2023 0 5

An analysis of bones from the La Brea tar pits in California reveals that sabre-...

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