A conversation with Kevin Scott: What’s next in AI
For example, I’ve been playing around with an experimental system I built for myself using GPT-3 designed to help me write a science fiction book, which is something that I’ve …
A newborn planet munches on gas and dust surrounding its host star
In a first, astronomers imaged a baby planet within a gap in the disk of material around a star, confirming predictions about how rings form.
NASA’s Webb Telescope just found 300 galaxies that defy explanation
In a new study, scientists at the University of Missouri looked deep into the universe and found something unexpected. Using infrared images taken from NASA’s powerful James Webb Space Telescope …
Volcanic eruptions may have helped spark the French Revolution
An illustration of an uprising that preceded the French Revolution Stefano Bianchetti/Corbis via Getty Images Severe volcanic eruptions and changes in the activity of the sun may have set the …
Stalagmites reveal devastating droughts that helped spur Maya breakdown
Series of droughts chronicled in cave rocks likely pushed civilization to breaking point
A bioengineered protein may someday treat carbon monoxide poisoning
An antidote for carbon monoxide poisoning could come from bacteria. Mice treated with a tweaked version of a bacterial protein rapidly cleared carbon monoxide from their blood, safely eliminating it …
Beet juice secretly helps older adults lower blood pressure in just two weeks
The blood pressure lowering effect of nitrate-rich beetroot juice in older people may be due to specific changes in their oral microbiome, according to the largest study of its kind. …
Bespoke brain implant gives long-term relief from chronic pain
Deep brain stimulation is already used to treat Parkinson’s disease Living Art Enterprises/SCIENCE PHOTO LIBRARY A brain implant that detects when someone is in pain and responds with deep brain …
Counsel advises NIH not to kill 900 grants a 2nd time
Advice follows Supreme Court judgment that threatened formerly restored gives, but respite may be brief
A cool today helps maintain the COVID away
A recent bout of the acute rhinitis might be a defense against a COVID- 19 infection. A study that consisted of the nasal swabs of greater than 1, 000 participants …