Category: 7. SciTech

Scientists have developed a vaccine which provides a strong immune response against HIV in mice, an advance that could lead to potent…

The best science isn’t just smart – it’s stunning. Don’t believe us? Well, for 28 years the Wellcome Trust has held an annual photography competition celebrating powerful images that capture health, science, and medicine.

The Wellcome Photography Prize explores many different areas, such as…

“People are often curious about how much energy a ChatGPT query uses,” Sam Altman, the CEO of OpenAI, wrote in an aside in a long blog post last week. The average query, Altman wrote, uses 0.34 watt-hours of energy: “About what an oven would use in a little over one second, or a…

An extract derived from okra and fenugreek can remove over 90 per cent of microplastics from water, according to a new study that may help…

Could a passing star be on a collision course with our solar system and, eventually, Earth?

It’s difficult to know if such an outcome is…

Chinese archaeologists have stumbled upon a rare set of three 1,800-year-old tombs in the southeastern city of Rizhao, filled to the brim with…

Every time you ask ChatGPT a question, you’re using energy – but how much? A new study has revealed just how environmentally costly it is to interact with large language models (LLMs), and what users can do to reduce their carbon footprint.

Researchers in Germany ran 14 open source LLMs –…

We all know that humans are helping drive climate change. No, we aren’t the only cause of the increasing global temperatures, but there’s no question that we have had a serious impact over the years. Now, new research estimates that humanity’s first influence on global climate…

There has been a lot of back and forth about the existence of a mysterious ninth planet, often referred to as “Planet Nine” or even “Planet X.” Now, though, researchers say there is likely at least a 40% chance that Planet Nine actually exists.

The new research is published in…

A positive outlook on life might protect against memory loss in middle age, according to a recent 16-year-long study by researchers in the UK, US and Spain.

Published in Aging & Mental Health, the study suggests that wellbeing – a combination of happiness, confidence and a sense of purpose and…