
IEEE Spectrum - 1 day 15 hours ago
Millions of people worldwide are turning to chatbots like ChatGPT or Claude, and a proliferating class of specialized AI companionship apps for friendship, therapy or even romance. While some users report psychological benefits from these simulated relationships, research has also shown the relationships can reinforce or amplify delusions, particularly among users already vulnerable to psychosis. AIs have been linked to multiple suicides, including the death of a Florida teenager who had a months-long...

NBC News - 1 day 15 hours ago
One of the most powerful El Ni o events ever recorded could form in the coming months, according to new forecasts, raising concerns about global temperatures, hurricanes, drought conditions and other extremes this year...

Australian Geographic - 1 day 16 hours ago
Scientists studying Western Australian koala fossils have found the modern koala was not the only koala species in the recent past, and that WA's regionally extinct species was its own distinctive lineage. The post Fossils reveal WA koalas were a distinct species appeared first on Australian Geographic .

Retraction Watch - 1 day 22 hours ago
In August 2021, several news outlets in Russia reported a cancer breakthrough: Researchers at the chemistry and biophysics institutes affiliated with the Russian Academy of Sciences had developed a new kind of nanoparticle that could help detect breast cancer in an MRI and kill tumor cells at the same time. State-run media and several Russian … Continue reading Russian news outlets hailed a cancer breakthrough, but the retraction went unnoticed...

Ars Technica - 1 day 22 hours ago
NASA is serious about taking more shots on goal, but some of them need to start landing.

GeekSpin - 2 days 2 hours ago
For decades, the space surrounding our planet has been quietly transforming into a celestial junkyard, littered with speeding fragments that threaten the very satellites we rely on for global communication and navigation. While the world has long debated who should clean up this high-stakes mess, two innovative startups have stopped waiting for permission and are […] Read the original article here: Earth's orbit is finally getting a space junk cleanup in 2027...