Credit: Pixabay/CC0 Public Domain Internet giant Meta’s fact-checking program aims to counter false information on its social platforms—Facebook, Instagram and Threads—with the help of media organizations, including AFP. Here is…
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TikTok could be banned this month. Here’s what users can do to prepare
Credit: Pixabay/CC0 Public Domain TikTok has cemented itself as a quintessential entertainment app, offering everything from funny skits and makeup tutorials to social commentary and news. The platform, though, could…
‘What is that?’ Scientists explain white patch that appears near northern lights
Images of the aurora borealis showing the structured continuum emission. Credit: University of Calgary, Faculty of Science research team A whitish, gray patch that sometimes appears in the night sky…
Even 1 drink a day elevates your cancer risk – an expert on how alcohol affects the body breaks down a new government report
Many people use the new year to reflect on their relationship with alcohol. Just-released government guidelines are giving Americans another reason to consider a “dry January.” Over the past few…
A Minecraft-based benchmark to train and test multi-modal multi-agent systems
More than 30 target objects or resources are used in TeamCraft tasks. Credit: UCLA. Researchers at the University of California- Los Angeles (UCLA) have recently developed TeamCraft, a new open-world…
Study suggests prenatal exposure to glucocorticoids may increase risk for some mental disorders in offspring
Prenatal exposure to glucocorticoids is associated with some mental disorders in offspring, such as mood, anxiety, and stress-related disorders, according to a study published online Jan. 3 in JAMA Network…
2024 was hottest year on record and first to exceed 1.5C warming
With global warming topping the key limit of 1.5C last year, adapting to worsening climate impacts has become a “necessity”, top scientist warns Europe’s climate service said on Friday that…
Lost treasures of European rulers found in cathedral crypt
Archaeologists have discovered a collection of lost treasures in the crypts of the Cathedral Basilica of St Stanislaus and St Ladislaus of Vilnius, located in the capital of Vilnius in…
