Credit: AI-generated image Johns Hopkins computer scientists have discovered that artificial intelligence tools like ChatGPT are creating a digital language divide, amplifying the dominance of English and other commonly spoken…
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Evidence indicates that early humans braved Britain’s Ice Age
Archaeologists from the University of Cambridge have uncovered evidence that early humans not only lived in Britain more than 700,000 years ago, but braved Britain’s Ice Age 440,000 years ago.…
Rare ceramic discovery from time of the Castilian conquest
Archaeologists have unearthed a rare intact vessel from the time of the Castilian conquest during excavations in Tijarafe, located in the northwest of La Palma. La Palma is the most…
Chronic Stress Sends Immune Cells to Brain, Driving Depression
Summary: A new study shows that chronic stress causes immune cells called neutrophils to leave bone marrow in the skull and collect in the brain’s protective membranes, where they contribute…
Quantum researchers observe real-time switching of magnet in heart of single atom
Artist impression, based on actual measurement data, of the nuclear spin of an atom flipping between distinct quantum states. The flipping was observed as a fluctuation in the electrical current…
UN experts accuse top oil firms of rights violations over Nigerian asset sales
Oil giants Shell, Eni, ExxonMobil and TotalEnergies breached international human rights law by selling their assets in Nigeria without cleaning up decades of pollution or compensating local people in the…
Electrical stimulation can reprogram immune system to heal the body faster
Credit: CC0 Public Domain Scientists from Trinity College Dublin have discovered that electrically stimulating macrophages—one of the immune systems key players—can reprogram them in such a way as to reduce…
This lizard can tolerate extreme levels of lead
Cuban brown anoles have the highest blood lead levels of any vertebrate known — three times that of the previous record holder, the Nile crocodile.
I watched scientists view the interstellar comet 3I/ATLAS in real time. Here’s what they saw
Few cosmic visitors have captured the fascination of astronomers quite like the interstellar comet 3I/ATLAS. Hurtling through our solar system from the depths of interstellar space, this icy wanderer is…
Shared tool developed for quantum and supercomputer systems
Researchers extended sys-sage component tree with quantum-related component types. Credit: https://ieeexplore.ieee.org/document/11017506 Quantum computers are a key emerging technology, particularly for specific kinds of problems that require enormous computing power. However,…
