Tuesday - May 9 2023, 10:04 UTC - 1 year ago

In a recent Nature study, researchers found that giraffes, despite having small brains relative to their body size, are able to make inferences based on statistical information. This means that probabilistic reasoning may not be as rare as we think among animals and makes giraffes more human in a sense.

Tuesday - May 9 2023, 08:36 UTC - 1 year ago

The White House has called on top executives from Google, Microsoft, OpenAI and Anthropic to discuss the potential of Artificial Intelligence, both its benefits and risks. US regulators have begun to explore ways to introduce regulation on AI, while Google and OpenAI have tested chatbot products. AI presents both risks and rewards to consumers, and the White House is seeking to ensure that the public is protected from potential harms.

Tuesday - May 9 2023, 06:52 UTC - 1 year ago

Researchers have successfully performed a first-of-its-kind in-utero fetal surgery to repair an aggressive, rare vascular malformation, called vein of Galen malformation, in a fetus, which is expected to reduce heart failure and brain injury after birth.

Tuesday - May 9 2023, 05:20 UTC - 1 year ago

NASA's New Horizons mission is in limbo as NASA rejected the team's proposal for a three-year extended mission, proposing instead a two-year mission. The team disagreed with the assessment, as they believe the mission should focus on the Kuiper Belt. The future of the mission is unclear at this time, as it could continue beyond 2024 without a dedicated planetary science team.

Tuesday - May 9 2023, 03:53 UTC - 1 year ago

Generative Artificial Intelligence (AI), such as ChatGPT, has caused concern for the Writers Guild of America, who recently took to the picket lines in response to it's use. The studios are arguing for more safeguards to protect copyright, with the World Economic Forum reporting that 24% of jobs are at risk of being disrupted by AI over the next 5 years.

Tuesday - May 9 2023, 02:21 UTC - 1 year ago

The concept of retrocausality has been put forward as a novel explanation for the death of local realism in quantum mechanics. It states that the present can influence the past, and provides a way of understanding correlations and causation in quantum mechanics. It is non-local and non-linear and requires the use of entangled photons in experiments, which could provide a testable explanation for recent groundbreaking experiments and potentially safeguard the core principles of special relativity.

Tuesday - May 9 2023, 00:55 UTC - 1 year ago

Scientists from Harvard Medical School have developed a drug-like cocktail that activates specific genetic pathways in adult mice, enabling the formation of functioning inner ear hair cells, which is potentially capable of restoring hearing loss in humans. The Gene and Cell Therapy Institute at Mass General Brigham hopes to take this research further and offer life-changing therapies to those suffering from hearing loss.

Monday - May 8 2023, 23:18 UTC - 1 year ago

DefenCath™ is a Cormedix formulation of taurolidine and heparin that can reduce dialysis infections for those using catheter lock solutions, saving the lives of tens of thousands of people a year in the USA, Europe, and beyond. It looks to be an effective solution to greatly reduce the occurrence of infections of those dialyzing with catheters and its FDA approval further increases access to its benefits.

Monday - May 8 2023, 21:41 UTC - 1 year ago

Bioengineers at Rice University have developed a new state-of-the-art technology called PULSED, which enables the production of time-release medicine and vaccines using high-resolution 3D printing and soft lithography. This technology offers unprecedented customization of drug release profiles, which would reduce the consequences of not taking prescription medicine correctly, particularly in low- and middle-income countries.

Monday - May 8 2023, 19:48 UTC - 1 year ago

Audialab is an AI-powered music technology that can turn existing sounds into novel ones that couldn't have existed any other way. KIMBEMIKE released 'Galaxies' as the first song ever to feature the technology, opening up new ways for music creatives to explore and get inspired by their work.

Monday - May 8 2023, 17:59 UTC - 1 year ago

This article explores the philosophical implications of AI and how to build a machine that is aware of itself and others. A new concept is explained, called Bennett's Razor, which states the explanation of a process should not be more specific than necessary. Additionally, Gricean Pragmatics is explored for its relevance to understanding meaning and intent.

Monday - May 8 2023, 16:02 UTC - 1 year ago

An international research team led by the Max Planck Institute for Evolutionary Anthropology in Leipzig, Germany, has for the first time successfully isolated ancient human DNA from a Paleolithic artifact: a pierced deer tooth discovered in Denisova Cave in southern Siberia. This break through method could open the door for a greater number of studies in Ancient DNA and may potentially help identify the users of ornaments and tools produced in the deep past.

Monday - May 8 2023, 14:11 UTC - 1 year ago

Georgia Institute of Technology scientists, inspired by centipedes, have developed a unique theory of multilegged locomotion that uses leg redundancy to move robustly over challenging surfaces. Experiments showing the scalability of the concept have been conducted and the results are highly promising for a wide range of applications, from search and rescue to robots deployed on Mars and for other rugged terrains.

Monday - May 8 2023, 13:03 UTC - 1 year ago

This week, NASA Administrator Bill Nelson and the Czech Republic’s foreign minister, Jan Lipavský, signed the Artemis Accords, a document which seeks to aid cooperation between countries in space exploration. Additionally, the CHAPEA habitat was built to provide a Mars-like environment on Earth, and the James Webb Telescope detected hints of water vapor while observing a rocky planet outside of our solar system. Finally, to celebrate Black Hole Week, NASA released new animations, educational resources, and other materials about the significance of black holes.

Monday - May 8 2023, 11:29 UTC - 1 year ago

The first images released by Europe’s newest weather satellite, MTG-I1, have shown clouds across Europe, Africa, and the Atlantic with an extraordinary level of detail. The images from the Meteosat Third Generation satellite system are set to revolutionize storm prediction, extend climate records and enhance weather forecasts. MTG-I1 is currently undergoing a 12-month commissioning period before the data it produces can be thoroughly assessed.

Monday - May 8 2023, 09:52 UTC - 1 year ago

Black holes are some of the universe's most extreme objects, and recent advances and imaging has made them more tangible. We have NASA simulations to understand their size, and even some of the largest have been found with masses billions of times the mass of our sun.

Monday - May 8 2023, 08:41 UTC - 1 year ago

A new machine learning model has been developed that can automatically translate Akkadian cuneiform into English with a BLEU 4 score of 37.47. It is effective with shorter sentences, however inaccuracies sometimes occur. As a result of this, the authors recommend using it as a part of a collaboration between human and machine translation.

Monday - May 8 2023, 07:37 UTC - 1 year ago

Four crew members aboard the International Space Station successfully relocated the SpaceX Dragon from one docking port to another, and it has been the first private spacecraft to ferray humans to the station. The craft is capabile of transporting 7 passengers to and from Earth, and it is the only craft that can bring substantial cargo from space.

Monday - May 8 2023, 05:57 UTC - 1 year ago

A baby girl living near Boston is one of the first to have undergone an experimental operation while still in the womb for a dangerous condition that puts her at risk for heart problems, brain damage, and respiratory difficulties. The team behind the operation successfully treated her and will be treating more fetuses using the same approach. Other, similar brain conditions may benefit from this type of surgery.