Sending ‘touch’ over the internet could soon be as easy as sending a video with new haptic file format
A new standard for codecs used for haptics could revolutionize tele-health and online gaming.
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Which Olympic sport burns the most calories?
Olympic-level sporting takes a lot of energy. But which event is the most energetically costly?
An intriguing connection between finger ratios and narcissism has been discovered
New research suggests that prenatal exposure to different levels of testosterone and estrogen, as estimated through 2D:4D finger length ratios, is linked to narcissistic traits in adulthood. The study, published in the journal Personality and Individual Differences, highlights a potential…
‘Upwelling’ deep in the mantle triggered magnitude 6.8 Morocco earthquake
Researchers found the 2023 Morocco earthquake was triggered by movement miles below Earth’s surface.
NASA’s Perseverance rover finds its first possible hint of ancient life on Mars
The NASA Mars rover examined a rock containing organic compounds and “leopard spots” that, on Earth, are associated with microbial life.
Rocket delivered to launch site for first human flight to the Moon since 1972
Enlarge (credit: NASA/Isaac Watson) The central piece of NASA’s second Space Launch System rocket arrived at Kennedy Space Center in Florida this week. Agency officials intend to start stacking the towering launcher in the next couple of months for a…
Google claims math breakthrough with proof-solving AI models
Enlarge / An illustration provided by Google. (credit: Google) On Thursday, Google DeepMind announced that AI systems called AlphaProof and AlphaGeometry 2 reportedly solved four out of six problems from this year’s International Mathematical Olympiad (IMO), achieving a score equivalent…
Anxiety and depression raise the risk of dangerous blood clots, study finds
Recent research has drawn a link between anxiety, depression and an increased risk of deep vein thrombosis.
Sharing false political information is associated with heightened schizotypy
A recent study published in the open-access journal PLOS ONE explores how personality traits influence the sharing of false political information on social media. The research reveals that positive schizotypy — a set of traits including paranoia, suspicion, and disrupted…
OpenAI hits Google where it hurts with new SearchGPT prototype
Enlarge (credit: Benj Edwards / OpenAI) Arguably, few companies have unintentionally contributed more to the increase of AI-generated noise online than OpenAI. Despite its best intentions—and against its terms of service—its AI language models are often used to compose spam,…
