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Scent dogs can detect COVID-19 more rapidly and accurately than current tests, finds review study
(A) Illustration of the three cup sniffing experiment with the first author’s Great Pyrenees (photo credit: Todd Dickey). (B) One of the second author’s COVID-19 scent dogs sniffing a test…
Virgin Galatic’s next spaceflight will include sweepstakes winners
This still image from a Virgin Galactic video shows the Galactic 01 mission spacecraft launching the first commercial flight from Spaceport City in New Mexico; Virgin Galactic’s next spaceflight will…
The Problem With Suing Gen AI Firms for Copyright Infringement
Microsoft’s deployment of OpenAI’s ChatGPT has been extremely popular, and its surprise implementation of this advanced generative AI system caught companies like Google and Apple napping. Google is responding aggressively…
Some birds are using antibird spikes to build their nests
Luis Melecio-Zambrano is the summer 2023 science writing intern at Science News. They are finishing their master’s degree in science communication from the University of California, Santa Cruz, where they…
Evaluating the ability of ChatGPT and other large language models to detect fake news
Graph summarizing the outcome of the study Credit: Kevin Matthe Caramancion Large language models (LLMs) are an evolution of natural language processing (NLP) techniques that can rapidly generate texts closely…
Two Supernovae Spew Cosmic Dust, Webb Confirms
Researchers using NASA’s James Webb Space Telescope have made major strides in confirming the source of dust in early galaxies. Observations of two Type II supernovae, Supernova 2004et (SN 2004et)…
Understanding ketamine treatment for depression
Credit: Pixabay/CC0 Public Domain Depression has been on the rise in recent years. According to a study in the American Journal of Preventive Medicine, nearly one in 10 adults and…
The EU-Mercosur trade deal will harm Brazil’s indigenous communities
Far-right president Jair Bolsonaro is gone but agribusiness and congress are still a threat to Brazil’s indigenous communities The world watched in despair at the environmental damage President Jair Bolsonaro’s…
