Do heat pumps work in the UK’s climate? An expert answers your low-carbon heating questions

Credit: CC0 Public Domain Retrofitting every house in the UK to net zero standard by 2050 will require replacing all gas boilers, mostly with heat pumps. The target rate is…

As the mental health crisis in children and teens worsens, the dire shortage of mental health providers is preventing young people from getting the help they need

The hospital where I practice recently admitted a 14-year-old girl with post-traumatic stress disorder, or PTSD, to our outpatient program. She was referred to us six months earlier, in October…

Experts Say Workplace Bans on AI Won’t Work

A recent study released by enterprise security software and services provider BlackBerry revealed that 75% of organizations worldwide are implementing or considering implementing workplace bans on ChatGPT and other generative…

Watch Exoplanet’s 17-Year Journey Around its Star

Longest time-lapse footage of an exoplanet to date was assembled from real data. A Northwestern University astrophysicist has created the longest time-lapse video of an exoplanet to date.  Constructed from…

‘Cosmic Lens’ Reveals Distant Galaxies With Dark Matter

A new image taken with the James Webb Space Telescope reveals a variety of unusual, distorted galaxies in the distant universe, magnified by a “gravitational lens” – a massive galaxy…

Recreational drugs detected in more than 1 in 10 cardiac intensive care patients

Credit: Unsplash/CC0 Public Domain Recreational drug use may be a factor in a significant proportion of admissions to cardiac intensive care, with various substances detected in 1 in 10 such…

Intuitive Machines sets Nov. 15 launch date for moon lander

A new private moon-landing mission could launch as soon as November. Intuitive Machines says its moon lander could be ready for liftoff as soon as Nov. 15, pending last-minute preparation. This…

New research expands insights into most adequate treatment for uterine descent

Credit: CC0 Public Domain When uterine descent requires surgery, various procedures exist. A randomized clinical trial of the two most common uterus-sparing procedures in 26 Dutch hospitals has now been…

AI models are powerful, but are they biologically plausible?

5,500-year-old gate found at Tell Erani |

Archaeologists from the Israel Antiquities Authority (IAA) have discovered a 5,500-year-old gate at the multi-period archaeological site of Tell Erani in the Southern District of Israel. Tell Erani, also known…