Are they becoming more common? A seismology expert explains
Last night at 11:41pm local time, the greater Melbourne region was shaken by a magnitude…
Gravitational wave detector LIGO is back online after 3 years of upgrades – how the world’s most sensitive yardstick reveals secrets of the universe
After a three-year hiatus, scientists in the U.S. have just turned on detectors capable of…
What are the long-term effects of quitting social media? Almost nobody can log off long enough to find out
Being on social media has become synonymous with living in the 21st century. Year after…
Is generative AI bad for the environment? A computer scientist explains the carbon footprint of ChatGPT and its cousins
Generative AI is the hot new technology behind chatbots and image generators. But how hot…
The FDA finally approved Elon Musk’s Neuralink chip for human trials. Have all the concerns been addressed?
Since its founding in 2016, Elon Musk’s neurotechnology company Neuralink has had the ambitious mission…
Rhythmically stimulating the brain with electrical currents could boost cognitive function, according to analysis of over 100 studies
Figuring out how to enhance a person’s mental capabilities has been of considerable interest to…
Newly described enormous marsupial wandered great distances across Australia 3.5 million years ago
Today, 80% of Australia is arid, but it was not always that way. In the…
Drilling down on treatment-resistant fungi with molecular machines
Fungi are present on the skin of around 70% of the population, without causing harm…
No, AI probably won’t kill us all – and there’s more to this fear campaign than meets the eye
Doomsaying is an old occupation. Artificial intelligence (AI) is a complex subject. It’s easy to…
Your body naturally produces opioids without causing addiction or overdose – studying how this process works could help reduce the side effects of opioid drugs
Opioid drugs such as morphine and fentanyl are like the two-faced Roman god Janus: The…