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One year after the species was reclassified from "endangered" to "least concern," green turtles in the western Indian Ocean exemplify that return and the subtleties a global designation can miss...
Retraction Watch - 1 day 3 hours agoIn a February 2018 editorial, Rod Rohrich, a plastic surgeon and the former president of the World Association of Medical Editors, blasted predatory journals for "the damage that these illegitimate open access journals do to the reputation of legitimate, credible ones." Two years later, he wrote about how his team at Plastic and Reconstructive Surgery Global … Continue reading Journal founded by plastic surgeon touts studies of products he's tied to including one that has...
The Orionids one of two major meteor showers caused by remnants from Halley's Comet will peak this week, though a large moon will dim visibility until after it sets late at night. During the peak Wednesday night into Thursday morning, it will be possible to see up to 20 meteors...
The mystery of who rests within a Roman sarcophagus found two centuries ago in the shadow of Westminster Abbey may have been solved. An archaeologist now argues that the skeleton found in a fourth-century Roman sarcophagus there does not belong to a Roman at all, but to a medieval abbot...
GeekSpin - 1 day 4 hours agoA war in space could start within the next five years, pushing life back to the nineteenth century, experts warned this week at a London meeting organized by Astroscale UK, the British subsidiary of a company set up to clear debris from Earth’s orbit. Reflecting that concern, some British firms that were originally built for […] Read the original article here: A space war by 2031 could knock Earth back to the 1800s...
Popular Mechanics - 1 day 7 hours agoStudy after study shows that humans reliant on AI will misremember past events or even fabricate details completely.
An expert on AI governance explains why these rare mistakes may soon be common, and with much higher stakes.
The destructive 1982-83 El Ni o, then the strongest on record, eroded cliffs, leaving homes hanging precariously over the edges. A coastal scientist explains the escalating risks.
Popular Mechanics - 1 day 7 hours agoA new analysis found fewer than half the prints came from adult men, leading to a shocking realization.
It's the latest in a growing wave of bets that AI companies are making on brain data.
Beth Fuller is running in a GOP district, but says residents are worried about democracy being dismantled: "We don't want to live in a one-party system."...
Last Word On Nothing - 1 day 12 hours agoRecently, while working through Suleika Jaouad's The Book of Alchemy with my mom, I encountered a new-to-me poetic form: the sestina. Jaouad's book is a collection of creative enticements from writers and artists, musicians and teachers, and we'd come across Ann Patchett's prompt, "The Mouse Sestina," in the midst of a particularly hectic time. It was still winter, […] The post A Sestina for Songbirds appeared first on The Last Word On Nothing .
Australian Geographic - 1 day 21 hours agoEndangered camels, banteng and hog deer have found an unexpected refuge in Australia. The post Feral and threatened? appeared first on Australian Geographic .
Southern California is on track to lose 30 to 70% of its beaches over the next several decades. Almost half of all beach cliffs are likely to retreat by 30 to 80 feet by 2100.
A demo of error-corrected qubits shows big reductions in errors as they grow.
Popular Mechanics - 2 days 2 hours agoAncient South African rocks expose the chain reaction behind life's first real growth spurt.
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Two patients in Melbourne, Australia recently became the first recipients of a novel type of implant for controlling prosthetic arms. The 2-by-10-centimenter device, produced by Phantom Neuro , wraps around the forearm underneath the skin, where it measures electrical signals in muscles, a process called electromyography (EMG). That signal is then processed and translated into robotic commands for third-party prostheses. Options to control powered prosthetic devices that are currently available...
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On challenging expeditions, researchers have collected deep-sea bacteria that naturally produce hydrogen, exploring and documenting an ancient ecosystem that may soon be altered forever...
GeekSpin - 2 days 9 hours agoMars has two small moons, Phobos and Deimos, but scientists are still trying to solve the mystery of their origins. Now, Japan is pursuing an ambitious space mission to collect samples from one of them and bring the material back to Earth for closer study. Researchers hope the mission will uncover clues about how these […] Read the original article here: Japan launches historic mission to collect samples on Mars moon...
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Can AI make us feel smarter than we really are? Princeton psychologist Dr. Tania Lombrozo explains the Dunning-Kruger effect, the illusion of understanding, and how AI shapes our perception of expertise, explaining why confidence doesn't always mean we truly understand what we know.
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