Science and Technolgy blog
A study conducted with German university students found that while using ChatGPT to search for information on a scientific topic made their work easier, it also led to more superficial results. Students using ChatGPT reported lower mental effort, or cognitive…
Enlarge / Portion of a reproduction of cave paintings in France, showing rhinos (among other species). (credit: JEFF PACHOUD) For most people, an extinct species is an abstraction, a set of bones they might have seen on display in a…
Enlarge / Lane keeping systems let you take your hands off the wheel while you drive. (credit: Getty Images) The seductive lure of cars that drive themselves has led to an awful lot of hype over the past decade. Not…
Enlarge / Many have seen a reflection of Vincent van Gogh’s inner turmoil in the swirling vortices of The Starry Night. (credit: Public doman) Vincent van Gogh’s most famous painting is The Starry Night (1889), created (along with several other…
Flybys of primordial black holes may occur once a decade. Tweaks to the orbits of planets and GPS satellites could give away their presence.
Enlarge / Amazon fulfillment center in Las Vegas, Nevada. (credit: Getty Images | 4kodiak) Amazon has told staff they must return to the office five days a week from the start of next year, one of the strictest corporate crackdowns…
From disaster recovery to conservation and healthcare, plenty of AI projects will greatly benefit humanity, Microsoft experts Juan M. Lavista Ferres and William B. Weeks say.
A recent study published in Public Opinion Quarterly suggests that the skepticism surrounding mail-in voting, heavily popularized during Donald Trump’s 2020 U.S. presidential campaign, may have influenced Canadians’ attitudes toward their own mail-in voting process. Researchers found that Canadians with…
With explosive bursts of pollen, male Hypenea macrantha flowers knock some competitors’ deposits off hummingbird beaks before the birds reach females.
Check out some of the best photos from 2024’s Ocean Photographer of the Year competition.
