Basking sharks, known for their gentle, plankton-feeding behavior, have been unexpectedly identified as regional endotherms, maintaining a higher body temperature than the water they inhabit,…
Mimicking Minds: UCLA Finds AI Language Model GPT-3 Can Reason About As Well as a College Student
UCLA researchers have shown that AI model GPT-3 can solve reasoning problems at a level comparable to college students. People solve new problems readily without…
The First Bees Evolved on an Ancient Supercontinent More Than 120 Million Years Ago
Scientists from Washington State University discovered that bees evolved more than 120 million years ago on an ancient supercontinent, western Gondwana. The study provides insights…
A Seismic Shift – Earth’s Plate Tectonics Recently Underwent a Fundamental Change
Earth is truly unique among our Solar System’s planets. It has vast water oceans and abundant life. However, Earth’s distinctiveness extends beyond its biodiversity and oceans—it…
Searching for Sterile Neutrinos in the Large Hadron Collider’s CMS Muon System
CMS presents results of searches for long-lived neutral particles. The CMS collaboration at CERN’s Large Hadron Collider has recently presented new results in searches for…
600 Million-Year-Old Time Capsule – New Discoveries From the Himalayas Shed Light on Earth’s Past
High up in the Himalayas, researchers from the Indian Institute of Science (IISc) and Niigata University in Japan have found water droplets trapped in mineral…
New Study Uncovers Dramatic Shifts in Sexual Identity
New research led by Lancaster University reveals that over a six-year period, the reported sexual identity of more than 6% of the UK population aged…
Treatment Breakthrough for Eosinophilic Esophagitis, a Disease Caused by Allergies That Can Prevent Children From Eating
Eosiniphilic esophagitis was not identified as a disease until the 1990s. Decades later, a treatment may have been discovered. A new study from Tulane University has identified…
Innovative New Vaccine May Hold Key To Treating and Preventing Alzheimer’s Disease
A vaccine that targets inflamed brain cells associated with Alzheimer’s disease could possibly modify or prevent the disease, according to preliminary research. A novel vaccine…
The Milky Way’s Disco Ball: Hubble Captures Glittering Globular Cluster in Sagittarius
In a stunning image from the Hubble Space Telescope, the globular cluster NGC 6652 glimmers with the light of countless stars. The glittering, glitzy contents…