Sexually frustrated dolphin behind spate of attacks on humans off Japan
A stock image of an Indo-Pacific dolphin swimming (not the individual responsible for the recent attacks).
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Want to spot a deepfake? Focus on the eyes
This is another in a year-long series of stories identifying how the burgeoning use of artificial intelligence is impacting our lives — and ways we can work to make those impacts as beneficial as possible. Clues to which images are deepfakes may be…
A particularly active ‘aurora season’ could be just weeks away
September could be a prime time to see vibrant auroras, thanks to a quirk of Earth’s tilt that leads to more intense geomagnetic activity around the equinox.
1,700-year-old ‘barbarian’ burial discovered along Roman Empire’s frontier in Germany
Archaeologists think the man was buried in the first half of the fourth century.
Why do dogs’ paws smell like Fritos?
Why do dogs’ paws smell like corn chips? A veterinarian explains the cause of this olfactory offense.
Scientists invent nanorobots that can repair brain aneurysms
Tiny robots much smaller than blood cells could deliver clot-forming drugs where they’re needed most, a study in rabbits suggests. The tech has yet to be tested in humans.
Scientists just made mice ‘see-through’ using food dye — and humans are next
A common food dye can turn the skin of living mice transparent, but we don’t yet know if it’ll work in humans.
Roman coin trove discovered on Mediterranean island may have been hidden during ancient pirate attack
The silver coin discoveries date to the Roman Republic and are from the island of Pantelleria, between Sicily and Tunisia.
Astronomers discover oldest known eclipse reference in 6,000-year-old Hindu text
A flowery passage in a 6,000-year-old Hindu text may be the earliest known reference to a solar eclipse, describing the sun as being “pierced” with darkness and gloom and proposing that evil beings had caused the sun’s “magic arts to…
One of the universe’s biggest paradoxes could be even weirder than we thought, James Webb telescope study reveals
New James Webb Space Telescope results have revealed that there may not be a Hubble tension after all. But contradictions within the findings point to a deeper mystery.
