Attempts to prevent Australian children from accessing social media are likely to fail, and could do more harm than good Attempts to prevent Australian children from accessing social media are likely to fail, and could do more harm than good Attempts to prevent Australian children from accessing social media are likely to fail, and could do …
Australia wants to ban social media for under-16s, but it won’t work Read More »
Letting AI models communicate with each other in their internal mathematical language, rather than translating back and forth to English, could accelerate their task-solving abilities Letting AI models communicate with each other in their internal mathematical language, rather than translating back and forth to English, could accelerate their task-solving abilities Letting AI models communicate with each …
AI models work together faster when they speak their own language Read More »
Letting AI models communicate with each other in their internal mathematical language, rather than translating back and forth to English, could accelerate their task-solving abilities Letting AI models communicate with each other in their internal mathematical language, rather than translating back and forth to English, could accelerate their task-solving abilities Letting AI models communicate with each …
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Governments and companies almost never take action when satellites alert them about large methane leaks coming from oil and gas infrastructure Governments and companies almost never take action when satellites alert them about large methane leaks coming from oil and gas infrastructure Governments and companies almost never take action when satellites alert them about large methane …
Satellites spot methane leaks – but ‘super-emitters’ don’t fix them Read More »
Water levels in the Caspian Sea are set to fall dramatically as the climate gets hotter, posing a major threat to economic activity and ecosystems in the region Water levels in the Caspian Sea are set to fall dramatically as the climate gets hotter, posing a major threat to economic activity and ecosystems in the …
COP29 host Azerbaijan faces climate disaster as Caspian Sea dries up Read More »
A genetic flaw dooms half of all crested newts to die before they hatch – now we know how this baffling evolutionary quirk came about A genetic flaw dooms half of all crested newts to die before they hatch – now we know how this baffling evolutionary quirk came about A genetic flaw dooms half of …
A 200-year-old mystery about newts has finally been solved Read More »
Two massive galaxies are bending light from the same distant quasar, creating a so-called Einstein zigzag lens that could help astronomers pin down how quickly the universe is expanding Two massive galaxies are bending light from the same distant quasar, creating a so-called Einstein zigzag lens that could help astronomers pin down how quickly the …
A unique pair of galactic lenses may help solve a cosmological riddle Read More »
It has been 50 years since archaeologists discovered Lucy, perhaps the most famous ancient hominin ever found. But the scientists who have studied her say that this fossil gave us a misleading image of the nature of her species It has been 50 years since archaeologists discovered Lucy, perhaps the most famous ancient hominin ever …
How we misunderstood what the Lucy fossil reveals about ancient humans Read More »
A classic study found that people can fail to notice a gorilla when they are focusing on something else, but new experiments suggest this “inattentional blindness” might not tell the whole story A classic study found that people can fail to notice a gorilla when they are focusing on something else, but new experiments suggest …
There’s a new twist on the famous invisible gorilla psychology study Read More »
Popular semaglutide-based drugs used for weight loss may reduce chronic and acute pain, which could make them a promising alternative to opioids Popular semaglutide-based drugs used for weight loss may reduce chronic and acute pain, which could make them a promising alternative to opioids Popular semaglutide-based drugs used for weight loss may reduce chronic and acute …
Weight-loss medications may also ease chronic pain Read More »