Category: 7. SciTech

For one thing, the systems he imagines process data relatively slowly compared to those on terra firma. They’d be constantly bombarded by radiation, and “obsolescence would be a problem” because making repairs or upgrades would be confoundingly difficult. Hajimiri believes that data…

The original version of this story appeared in Quanta Magazine.

The Chinese AI company DeepSeek released a chatbot earlier this year called R1, which drew a huge amount of attention. Most of it focused on the fact that a relatively small and unknown company said it had built a chatbot that…

Does alcohol enhance one’s foreign language fluency? Do West African lizards have a preferred pizza topping? And can painting cows with zebra stripes help repel biting flies? These and other unusual research questions were honored tonight in a virtual ceremony to announce the 2025 recipients…

No sea creature inspires terror – rightly or wrongly – as much as the white shark does.

With its sleek body optimized for hunting, razor sharp teeth, and its (somewhat undeserved) reputation for enjoying human flesh, the ‘great’ white (Carcharodon carcharias) is widely regarded as one of…

In another vote, advisers recommended adding language on the shot’s risks to the vaccine’s information sheet, which is already required by law.

The committee’s focus on Covid-19 vaccines reflects Kennedy’s long-held suspicion of them. Since taking office in February, Kennedy has canceled…

By 2050, education will look radically different than it does now, according to psychologist and social scientist Howard Gardner — the originator of the theory of multiple intelligences — and Anthea Roberts, a visiting professor at Harvard Law School and founder and CEO of the AI tool…

You know when you stare at cute things for too long and they start to look creepy? I’m thinking garden gnomes, baby dolls, any child in a princess outfit and all cats. Well, now there’s another one to add to the list.

The tufted ground squirrel (Rheithrosciurus macrotis) might look bright-

The Amazon rainforest is losing the rainfall that sustains it, pushing the world’s largest tropical ecosystem closer to a potential tipping point, scientists warn.

A new study, published in Nature Communications, has found that deforestation is driving a sharp fall in rainfall during the…