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AI chatbot models ‘think’ in English even when usi...
When answering questions posed in Chinese, French, German or Russian, large language models seem to ...
Engineers are diverting Mississippi river to resto...
South of New Orleans, a project to divert the Mississippi river could restore ecosystems destroyed b...
How one theory ties together everything we know ab...
All known natural phenomena fit into just a few categories and unifying them all is quantum field th...
Clownfish avoid the sting of their anemone hosts w...
As a clownfish spends time with an anemone, its mucus coating begins to change. Chemical tweaks to s...
6 things to look out for during the total solar ec...
A total solar eclipse is a unique experience. From shadow bands to the sun’s majestic corona and pin...
Worm-like amphibian produces a kind of milk for it...
After hatching from eggs, young ringed caecilians feed on their mother’s skin, but also on a milk-li...
Experimental weight loss pill seems to be more pot...
The results, of 13 per cent weight loss after three months, need to be confirmed by larger and longe...
D-Wave says its quantum computers can solve otherw...
Quantum computing firm D-Wave says its machines are the first to achieve "computational supremacy" b...
Salmon farms are increasingly being hit by mass di...
Mass mortality events at salmon farms have been getting more frequent since 2011, sometimes killing ...
Jupiter’s stormy surface replicated in lab
By rotating a tank of water at 75 revolutions per minute, it’s possible to replicate some of the stu...
Light and sound therapy for Alzheimer’s may also p...
An experimental Alzheimer's treatment involving sounds and flickering lights also prevented a declin...
AI chatbots use racist stereotypes even after anti...
Large language models still demonstrate racial prejudice against speakers of African American Englis...
The world just experienced the hottest February on...
February was the ninth month in a row to set a global heat record, with global average temperatures ...
Microplastics linked to a greater risk of heart at...
People with artery plaques containing microplastics were about four times as likely to have a heart ...
Hunger-inducing mutation makes some Labradors more...
Dogs with a mutation in the POMC gene, common in Labradors and flat-coated retrievers, have a strong...
The hunt is on to learn why bowel cancer in young ...
Something in the environment seems to be causing a rise in early-onset cases of bowel cancer. Now th...
US coastal cities face higher 2050 flood risk beca...
The sinking of land caused by the extraction of water and fossil fuels is exacerbating the threat of...
Ukraine may have been first part of Europe colonis...
Korolevo, a site in Ukraine where early humans made stone tools, has been dated to 1.4 million years...
