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Mother Jones - 1 day 6 hours agoThis story was originally published by Inside Climate News and is reproduced here as part of the Climate Desk collaboration. Peak Energy announced last week that it has entered a new partnership with General Motors to manufacture sodium-ion batteries for energy storage systems. The deal marks a pivotal moment for Peak, a startup founded three years ago, and an opportunity […]...
Last Word On Nothing - 1 day 7 hours agoLately, I've been thinking about the nature of knowledge and how we acquire it. My training as a scientist taught me to revere the scientific method, and I continue to hold science in the highest regard. Science can teach us much about the world and ourselves, and as I've written elsewhere, it can allow us to […] The post The wisdom of a summer afternoon appeared first on The Last Word On Nothing .
The next generation of AI models are meant to be trained by people paid to have conversations with them, but several of these workers have admitted to New Scientist that they simply get chatbots to do it instead. This "AI inbreeding" may reduce the power and usefulness of future models, warn experts...
Retraction Watch - 1 day 8 hours agoSpringer Nature will start issuing expressions of concern notices for books after investigating hundreds of its books for integrity-related problems in recent years. The publishing giant has seen an uptick in the number of investigations for books. In 2022, Springer Nature carried out 124 such investigations. In 2023, that number grew to 207 in 2023 … Continue reading Springer Nature to start issuing expressions of concern for books...
Dockworkers in Seward, Alaska, were met with a grim sight this week: a dead fin whale draped across the bow of a cruise ship. NOAA Fisheries says the 61-foot endangered whale was discovered on the ship's "bulbous bow" when it arrived in port last Friday. Anchorage Daily News reports the...
Australian Geographic - 2 days 8 hours agoThe deadly H5N1 bird flu virus was first confirmed in two sea birds in Cape Le Grand National Park, Western Australia. The post First case of H5N1 bird flu confirmed on mainland Australia appeared first on Australian Geographic .
A long-term Yale study is challenging one of the biggest myths about aging. Nearly half of adults over 65 improved physically, mentally, or both over time, despite the common belief that aging means constant decline. Researchers found that people with more positive attitudes about getting older were significantly more likely to show these gains.
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