12 game-changing moments in the history of AI
From Alan Turing’s seminal paper to the advent of ChatGPT, here are 12 pivotal moments…
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Anxiety affects walking behavior in threatening situations, VR study shows
Researchers from the University of Waterloo have conducted a groundbreaking study examining how anxiety affects…
‘It gave me goosebumps’: Most powerful gamma ray burst ever detected hid a secret, scientists say
Scientists have found a mysterious signal in the brightest gamma ray burst ever detected, and…
People are overdosing on off-brand weight-loss drugs, FDA warns
Enlarge / Wegovy is an injectable prescription weight-loss medicine that has helped people with obesity.…
12,500-year-old rock art ‘canvas’ in the Amazon reveals early Americans’ connection with wildlife
Thousands of ochre rock drawings, including images of humans and animals morphing into one another,…
Study finds strangulation is common during sex among young Australians despite known risks
A new study published in Archives of Sexual Behavior reports that sexual strangulation is a…
NASA nears decision on what to do with Boeing’s troubled Starliner spacecraft
Enlarge / Boeing’s Strainer spacecraft is seen docked at the International Space Station in this…
Komodo dragon teeth get their strength from an iron coat
Studying the reptile’s ironclad teeth in more detail could help solve a dinosaur dental mystery.
AI and ML enter motorsports: How GM is using them to win more races
Enlarge / The Cadillac V-Series.R is one of General Motors’ factory-backed racing programs. (credit: James…
Union game performers strike over AI voice and motion-capture training
Enlarge / One day, using pixellated fonts and images to represent that something is a…
These bacteria trigger a sex change in wasps — scientists finally know how
Scientists have uncovered how bacteria borrowed a gene from an insect to create female-only parasitic…
We apply human biases to illusory faces in inanimate objects
Have you ever seen a face in a cloud or a power outlet? This common…
ISPs seeking government handouts try to avoid offering low-cost broadband
Enlarge (credit: Getty Images | Yuichiro Chino) Internet service providers are eager to get money…
97% of CrowdStrike systems are back online; Microsoft suggests Windows changes
Enlarge / A bad update to CrowdStrike’s Falcon security software crashed millions of Windows PCs…
Astronomers find first emission spectra in brightest GRB of all time
Enlarge / A jet of particles moving at nearly light-speed emerges from a massive star…
X is training Grok AI on your data—here’s how to stop it
Enlarge / An AI-generated image released by xAI during the open-weights launch of Grok-1. (credit:…
Will Olympic athletes ever stop breaking records?
Physically, athletes might reach a point where they can no longer beat sports records —…
New research suggests estrogen and progesterone could play role in opioid addiction and relapse
As opioid overdose deaths in the U.S. rose dramatically from 2014 to today, both Philadelphia,…
At the Olympics, AI is watching you
Enlarge / Police observe the Eiffel Tower from Trocadero ahead of the Paris 2024 Olympic…
Barbie movie “may have spurred interest in gynecology,” study finds
Enlarge / A digital advertisement board displaying a Barbie movie poster is seen in New…
Astronauts find their tastes dulled, and a VR ISS hints at why
Enlarge / The environment you’re eating in can influence what you taste, and space is…
Spectacularly rare fossils of snakes that died huddled together 38 million years ago unearthed in Wyoming
Three fossilized snakes that died huddled together 38 million years ago are now called the…
‘Brain-eating’ amoebas kill nearly 100% of victims. Could new treatments change that?
Doctors are pulling out new techniques and drugs in an effort to cure devastating brain…
This is what it’s like to treat a ‘brain-eating’ amoeba infection
A now-retired doctor in Texas describes his experience treating a child with a brain-eating amoeba…
