Новости за 10.05.2024

Beth Mole, Ars

The first invasive brain chip that Neuralink embedded into a human brain has malfunctioned, with neuron-surveilling threads appearing to have become dislodged from the...

Evan Gough, Universe Today

There's something poetic about humanity's attempt to detect other civilizations somewhere in the Milky Way's expanse. There's also something futile about it. But...

Andrew Gregory, The Guardian

A British toddler has had her hearing restored after becoming the first person in the world to take part in a pioneering gene therapy trial, in a development...

Matthew Ward Agius, Cosmos

Once upon a time, no one thought anyone could run a mile (1.6km) in four minutes or less, and if they could, it was believed the health consequences of the...

Henri Barde, IEEE Spect

The accelerating buildout of solar farms on Earth is already hitting speed bumps, including public pushback against the large tracts of land required...

Matthew Rozsa, Salon

When most people picture narcissists, we think of self-centered, awful people who lack empathy. But it's a real mental disorder that is more than just an insufferable...

Regina G. Barber, NPR

Ask which planet in the solar system is Earth's closest sibling, and many people might point to Mars. It orbits nearby, just a little farther from the Sun. It was born...

The Conversation

Life has transformed our world over billions of years, turning a dead rock into the lush, fertile planet we know today. But human activity is currently transforming Earth...

Tom Metcalfe, Live Sci

An ancient Egyptian mummified head displayed in a school library in Australia now has a fresh face, thanks to a meticulous scientific reconstruction.

Ethan Siegel, Big Think

It's been almost 100 years since humanity first reached a revolutionary conclusion about the nature of our Universe: space itself cannot and does not remain static,...

Joe Schwarcz, McGill OSS

Let's start with some facts. Antiperspirants, cell phones, root canals or wired bras do not cause cancer. Sugar or dairy products do not "feed" the disease. You...

Banik & Desmond, The Conversation

One of the biggest mysteries in astrophysics today is that the forces in galaxies do not seem to add up. Galaxies rotate much faster than predicted by...

Phys.org

A new paper in Oxford Open Climate Change...

Univ. of Cambridge

Artificial intelligence that allows users to hold text and voice conversations with lost loved ones runs the risk of causing psychological harm and even digitally...

EurekAlert!

Not all magnets are the same. When we think of magnetism, we often think of magnets that stick to a refrigerator's door. For these types of magnets, the electronic interactions...

Harvard University

A cubic millimeter of brain tissue may not sound like much. But considering that that tiny square contains 57,000 cells, 230 millimeters of blood vessels, and 150 million...