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A new study has uncovered significant associations between patterns of brain connectivity and borderline personality traits in adolescents and young adults. Researchers identified specific brain regions linked to emotion regulation and executive function as being most predictive of these traits.…
Venom evolved hundreds of millions of years ago, creating a chemical arms race between predatory and prey. Here are some of the most venomous animals living on Earth.
A new study of sapphires found in volcanic fields in Germany reveals that these beautiful blue stones form where magma and rocks from Earth’s crust mix.
A 2018 astronaut photo shows Nicaragua’s active Momotombo volcano spitting out a cloud of toxic gas and steam just a few years after its latest eruption.
Enlarge (credit: Marco Verch Professional Photographer and Speaker) Hackers delivered malware to Windows and Mac users by compromising their Internet service provider and then tampering with software updates delivered over unsecure connections, researchers said. The attack, researchers from security firm…
Enlarge (credit: Getty | Spauln) The dose makes the medicine—and for many critical prescription drugs, the dose depends on a patient’s body weight. Usually, this is not a problem; weight changes large enough to significantly affect dosages often occur gradually,…
Enlarge / A camel chills next to the Step Pyramid of Djoser in the Saqqara necropolis in Egypt, built around 2680 BCE. (credit: Charles J. Sharp/CC BY-SA 3.0) It’s long been a hotly debated open question regarding how the great…
Enlarge (credit: Getty Images) According to The Wall Street Journal, there’s internal conflict at OpenAI over whether or not to release a watermarking tool that would allow people to test text to see whether it was generated by ChatGPT or…
The wreck is the first time the remains of a pirate corsair have been found in the region known as the Barbary Coast.
Enlarge (credit: FABRICE COFFRINI / Contributor | AFP) Google just lost a massive antitrust trial over its sprawling search business, as US district judge Amit Mehta released his ruling, showing that he sided with the US Department of Justice in the…
