Scientists have devised a new technique for finding and vetting possible radio signals from other civilizations in our galaxy — a major advance in the search for extraterrestrial intelligence (SETI)…
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Studying Solar Flares, Sunspots Can Protect Earth
A USC Dornsife physicist explains how the Earth’s future is tied to the star it orbits. NASA’s Solar Dynamics Observatory captured this image of a solar flare on Oct. 2,…
Mysterious Action of Ghost Stars in Our Galaxy
A now iconic collage showing 22 individual well-known PNe, artistically arranged in a spiral pattern by order of approximate physical size. Image credit: University of Manchester The alignment of planetary…
AI must not worsen health inequalities for ethnic minority populations, say epidemiologists
Credit: CC0 Public Domain Scientists are urging caution before artificial intelligence (AI) models such as ChatGPT are used in health care for ethnic minority populations. Writing in the Journal of…
Under record heatwave, US and China unravel climate talks
US climate envoy John Kerry visited Beijing, re-starting talks on coal, methane and other climate issues As temperatures reached above 35C (95F) this week in China’s capital, US climate envoy…
COVID-19 Super Dodgers: The Genetic Secret to Asymptomatic Infection
Summary: ertain individuals carry a unique gene variant that allows them to contract COVID-19 without displaying any symptoms. Dubbed as “super dodgers”, these individuals are more than twice as likely…
Teaching robots to teach other robots
Credit: CC0 Public Domain A new USC study finds that by sharing knowledge with each other at the same time, AI agents can quickly learn a wider range of tasks,…
Researchers link early-life exposure to wildfire smoke with early use of upper respiratory medication
Spatial distribution of total number of wildfire smoke-days (2010–2016) at each MSA for the (a) 0%, b 25%, and (c) 50% thresholds. Thresholds are defined as the population-weighted percentage of…
Twitter’s surge in harmful content a barrier to advertiser return
Credit: Unsplash/CC0 Public Domain Elon Musk’s Twitter acquisition, and the series of content policy changes that ensued, has led to a dramatic spike in hateful, violent and inaccurate posts on…
