Why old dogs might be able to teach Alzheimer’s researchers new tricks
Most people know someone with Alzheimer’s disease. When I was growing up, my grandmother struggled…
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Why are new wind farms stuck in the doldrums in Australia?
Renewables now contribute more than 40% of the electricity generated in Australia’s main grid. Twenty…
Commission earmarks €65 million to safeguard critical data for life sciences and biotechnology
The European Commission has earmarked €65 million under Horizon Europe to safeguard scientific data and…
Sports trading drives boom in prediction markets’ trading volume
San Diego Padres player Fernando Tatís Jr. throws a baseball in front of a Kalshi…
Witnessing the Failed Execution of Christa Pike: ‘We Could All Hear Her Breathing’
On Sept. 30, I was one of the seven media witnesses who observed Tennessee fail…
A magnitude 4.8 earthquake just shook southeast Victoria. Here’s why we may expect more
At just after 2am on Saturday morning, a magnitude 4.8 earthquake occurred at Arawata, about…
TRA proposes new anti-dumping measure on boom lifts from China
On Monday 5 October, the Trade Remedies Authority (TRA) published its intended final determination and…
Where are the best places for life in the cosmos? A universe in a supercomputer yields the answer
Earth seems like a troubled place right now, but at least our cosmic surroundings appear…
The death of a Russian plague researcher, explained by a microbiologist
Conflicting information about the death of a lab worker at a Russian plague research institute…
Silicon Samples and Synthetic Surveys: Can AI Stand In for Human Respondents?
Illustration by Ibrahim Rayintakath About this research This Pew Research Center report examines whether AI-generated…