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A recent study examining the effects of exercise interventions on Internet addiction among college students in China found that exercise reduces symptoms of Internet addiction. Additionally, exercise was found to reduce anxiety, loneliness, stress, feelings of inadequacy, and fatigue, as…
DNA analysis reveals the big, flightless moa birds ate — and pooped out — 13 kinds of fungi, including ones crucial for New Zealand’s forest ecosystem.
Observations from the James Webb Space Telescope reveal monster black holes in the early universe that seem to have grown too big, too fast. New research points to a strange form of dark matter as a possible culprit.
Lifelike human motion could enable robots to complete far more tasks, as well as adapt to environments they’ve not been specifically designed for.
Is your knowledge of Stonehenge rock-solid or on shaky ground?
A recent study published in The Journal of Sex Research explored how two key aspects of romantic relationships, nurturance (feelings of warmth, closeness, and caring) and eroticism (sexual passion and desire), influence relationship satisfaction. The researchers found that while both…
A yet-unseen population of ancient black holes may be lurking throughout the universe. If they exist, these bottomless cosmic pits would have a lot in common with known types of black holes. But unlike known black holes, the mysterious kind…
LIG4 syndrome is an exceptionally rare disorder caused by a genetic mutation that prevents the body from repairing damaged DNA.
Rabbits’ teeth grow continuously, and bunnies wear them down by munching fiber-rich foods. Scientists suggest rabbits recycle a fine powder resulting from this constant grinding to fuel tooth growth.
A new study reveals how the words we use to describe political events can impact how trustworthy we perceive the speaker to be, and even shape our own opinions about the event itself. The research, published in the journal Cognition,…
We all know that time seems to pass at different speeds in different situations. For example, time appears to go slowly when we travel to unfamiliar places. A week in a foreign country seems much longer than week at home.…
On Wednesday, a US district judge, Colleen Kollar-Kotelly, recommended a compromise in a lawsuit seeking a temporary restraining order to stop Elon Musk’s Department of Government Efficiency (DOGE) from accessing Americans’ sensitive Treasury Department data. If both parties agree, the…
Cows in Nevada have been infected with a strain of H5N1 bird flu different from the strain detected in all other herds to this point in the ongoing dairy outbreak. It’s the same strain that killed a Louisiana resident in…
A new review published in JMIR Mental Health offers a fresh look at digital mental health treatments for individuals waiting to see a therapist in person. The new paper suggests that while these digital treatments can help reduce feelings of…
When Google launched its AI Overviews features last year, we noted plenty of examples of false, misleading, and even dangerous information that can be contained in the official-looking answers generated by Google’s Gemini model. Now, Google has quietly scrubbed one…
AMD announced its fourth-quarter earnings yesterday, and the numbers were mostly rosy: $7.7 billion in revenue and a 51 percent profit margin, compared to $6.2 billion and 47 percent a year ago. The biggest winner was the data center division,…
The US space agency said Wednesday it will host a live Twitch stream from the International Space Station on February 12. NASA, which has 1.3 million followers on the live-streaming video service, has previously broadcast events on its Twitch channel.…
A French astrophotographer has captured a stunning photo of Venus and the moon shining above the Eiffel Tower in Paris, thanks to a rare “parade of planets.”
Performing complex algorithms on quantum computers will eventually require access to tens of thousands of hardware qubits. For most of the technologies being developed, this creates a problem: It’s difficult to create hardware that can hold that many qubits. As…
On Tuesday, Hugging Face researchers released an open source AI research agent called “Open Deep Research,” created by an in-house team as a challenge 24 hours after the launch of OpenAI’s Deep Research feature, which can autonomously browse the web…
Researchers said they recently discovered a zero-day vulnerability in the 7-Zip archiving utility that was actively exploited as part of Russia’s ongoing invasion of Ukraine. The vulnerability allowed a Russian cybercrime group to override a Windows protection designed to limit…
Learn the common warning signs of a stroke, which are essential to recognize to ensure a person gets prompt treatment.
Neurons found in one of the oldest regions of the brain may control when we stop eating a meal, new research in mice hints.
Maps created by combining different models of glaciers and ice sheets reveal the way water is flowing deep beneath Antarctica’s ice.
An asteroid the size of One World Trade Center has a very small chance of crashing into Earth in the year 2182. But what would this impact mean for life on Earth?
A new study published in the journal Cognition has found that people with lower levels of autistic traits show a persistent tendency to pay more attention to images of animals compared to images of inanimate objects. But individuals with higher…
Let’s Encrypt has been providing free “wildcard” certificates for websites for nearly seven years, enabling HTTPS connections for millions of domains and doing the whole Internet a real solid. Now the nonprofit is ending a useful service, but in an…
Since our first glimpse of the Switch 2 last month, we’ve been left guessing on many crucial hardware details, including the all-important launch price. Now, Nintendo has hinted that the unsteady state of the international money market may play an…
In a move that will no doubt upset some of the more… orderly minded out there, Polestar is temporarily deviating from its otherwise most logical naming convention. Instead of giving its cars numbers based on some theoretical measurement of performance…
Robocallers posing as employees of the Federal Communications Commission made the mistake of trying to scam real employees of the FCC, the FCC announced yesterday. “On the night of February 6, 2024, and continuing into the morning of February 7,…
A new study finds that when Republican politicians attack local news outlets, public trust in those outlets drops significantly. The study, published in PS: Political Science & Politics, shows that these attacks are especially effective among Republican voters, but also…
It’s been a confusing 24 hours at the US Postal Service (USPS) after the Trump administration imposed new tariffs on China that eliminated a loophole allowing low-value Chinese packages into the US duty-free. On Tuesday, the USPS abruptly stopped accepting…
As climate change melts West Antarctica’s glaciers, scientists are proposing bold ideas to avoid devastating sea level rise. Will they work?
The newfound species belongs to the genus Paranthropus, whose nickname is “nutcracker man.”
The North Pole was above freezing on Sunday after an extreme winter warming event caused temperatures to climb more than 36 F (20 C) in the high Arctic.
How much do you know about the animals we share the planet with? Take our quiz to find out!
A photographer on Earth has captured an incredible telescope image of NASA astronaut Suni Williams outside of the International Space Station, as it passed by roughly 250 miles overhead.
A meta-analysis of studies on children and adolescents with ADHD found that they are at an increased risk of depression and anxiety disorders. However, taking stimulant medication for ADHD was associated with a reduced risk of depression. The paper was…
Scarlett Johansson and Mahershala Ali star in Jurassic World Rebirth. The raptors are back with a host of ravenous friends in the official trailer for Jurassic World Rebirth, the fourth installment in the Jurassic World series and seventh film overall…
A few fossilized body parts hinted at an enigmatic bird’s close ties to waterfowl like ducks and geese. A newfound skull may bolster that idea.
A new and nearly complete skull of Vegavis iaai discovered in Antarctica suggests that modern birds originated before the end-Cretaceous mass extinction.
A proposed $58 billion merger to create the world’s fourth-largest carmaker appears on the verge of collapse after Honda made an unexpected proposal to turn Nissan into a fully owned subsidiary, according to three people familiar with the matter. The…
Last year was not a good one for a lunar lander company based in Pittsburgh named Astrobotic. In January, the company’s very first spacecraft finally launched after years of delays, carrying dozens of payloads, scientific instruments, and time capsules. But…
Early car sales data for January is starting to arrive from countries across the pond, and they paint an alarming picture for Tesla. Sales are crashing in France, Germany, and the UK—all affluent countries that are key markets for Tesla’s…
President Trump has already begun to introduce changes that weaken the Endangered Species Act, a cornerstone of U.S. conservation law.
A recent study published in Aesthetic Plastic Surgery has shed light on the subconscious visual preferences people have regarding the appearance of buttocks. Researchers used eye-tracking technology to analyze where people look when viewing images of female buttocks and found…
Defining AI chatbot personality could be based on how a bot “feels” about itself or on how a person feels about the bot they’re interacting with.
A mirror proxy Google runs on behalf of developers of the Go programming language pushed a backdoored package for more than three years until Monday, after researchers who spotted the malicious code petitioned for it to be taken down twice.…
Do you long for that tart fruity flavor of a sour beer but wish the complicated brewing process were faster? Norwegian scientists might have the answer: field peas, as well as beans and lentils. According to a new paper published…
Scientists have discovered an enormous radio galaxy 32 times the size of the Milky Way. They nicknamed it “Inkathazo,” or “trouble,” as the team struggles to understand the physics behind it.
