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Instead of trying to restrict AI technologies, regulations could focus on the harm the technology causes people and companies.
Mechanobiology can help identify how the physical forces within cells affect how well viruses can invade them.
Two orbiters have long outlasted their expected lifespans and completely reshaped our understanding of the Red Planet, all while operating 140 million miles from Earth.
Humans may have warmed the planet to the point of hitting pause on the next big deep-freeze. A new study in Science concludes that Earth was edging into a fresh glacial period about 2,000 years ago, only for human-driven greenhouse gas emissions to reverse course by the 1960s. "It...
Australian Geographic - 1 day 3 hours agoThe arrival of the deadly H5N1 avian influenza on the Australian mainland is galvanising nature lovers across the country as the virus threatens to devastate our wildlife. The post What’s next for bird flu? appeared first on Australian Geographic .
Nature - 1 day 3 hours agoMisplaced or borrowed laboratory equipment can bring experiments to a halt. Scientists explain how they stop essential kit from going missing.
Nature - 1 day 3 hours agoRegulatory pushback stalled the field. But researchers are optimistic about mind-altering drugs as potential treatments for depression and mood disorders.
Nature - 1 day 3 hours agoMonkeys' brain activity flips 15 times per second between patterns linked to objects of which the monkeys are aware and patterns for objects outside their awareness.
Lindsey Fitzharris chats with Ars about her new book, Sleuth-Hound: The Case of the Real Sherlock Holmes .
Retraction Watch - 1 day 8 hours agoThe University of Sydney has once again investigated the work of a former research fellow in its physics department, this time resulting in the retraction of a 2014 paper over concerns that data in several figures were likely fabricated. In September, the Journal of Geophysical Research: Space Physics retracted an article by Joachim Schmidt, who … Continue reading Another Sydney investigation of astrophysicist leads to retraction...
Put your genetics knowledge to the test with these 10 questions on the double helix and the code of life The post DNA Quiz: Test Your Genetics and Molecular Biology Knowledge appeared first on How It Works .
GeekSpin - 1 day 13 hours agoSilicon Valley has a new defense-tech obsession, and it has four legs. Warhound, a startup backed by some of the biggest names in venture capital, wants to clone and genetically edit working dogs for the U.S. military. The goal is to make them stronger performers, extend their working lives and potentially change how military dogs […] Read the original article here: The CIA is investing millions into gene-edited dogs...
In a lab in Luxembourg in 2024, engineers at Flawless Photonics unpacked a spool of glass fiber that had just returned from the International Space Station (ISS). As they threaded it onto their rewinding machine, the machine jammed as happens sometimes and they braced for the usual outcome: the fiber would snap. This time though, nothing broke. It was an early hint that their experiment might have been successful. The Flawless Photonics team had set out to draw fibers of a heavy-metal fluoride glass...
Last Word On Nothing - 1 day 18 hours agoThe other day I couldn't come up with the name Jane Goodall. Of all the names, that's not one I thought I'd ever struggle to recall. Jane Goodall!! I sat for a while, picturing Jane. Thinking about the amazing work she did with chimps. Remembering the criticism lobbed at her by scientists for giving her […] The post Sounding It Out appeared first on The Last Word On Nothing .
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