by Amelia Johns, Emily Booth, Francesco Bailo and Marian-Andrei Rizoiu, The Conversation Credit: The Conversation During the COVID pandemic, social media platforms were swarmed by far-right and anti-vaccination communities that…
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Planet cannibalism is common, says cosmic ‘twin study’
Credit: Intouchable / Openverse How stable are planetary systems? Will Earth and its seven siblings always continue in their steady celestial paths, or might we one day be randomly ejected…
‘Did you feel this AI cared about you?’ Startup announces ‘nursebots’
Credit: Pixabay/CC0 Public Domain Medical startup Hippocratic AI is collaborating with California-based tech company NVIDIA to develop empathetic health care agents using artificial intelligence. Described by Popular Science as “nursebots,”…
Dark matter may form exploding stars, and observing the damage could help reveal what it’s made of
Dark matter is a ghostly substance that astronomers have failed to detect for decades, yet which we know has an enormous influence on normal matter in the universe, such as…
What’s in tattoo ink? My team’s chemical analysis found ingredients that aren’t on the label and could cause allergies
Credit: Pixabay/CC0 Public Domain Tattoos are an incredibly common form of permanent self-expression that date back thousands of years. Most tattoo artists follow strict health and sanitation regulations, so you…
New classification of tuberculosis to support efforts to eliminate the disease
Scanning electron micrograph of Mycobacterium tuberculosis bacteria, which cause TB. Credit: NIAID A new way to classify tuberculosis (TB) that aims to improve focus on the early stages of the…
AI’s excessive water consumption threatens to drown out its environmental contributions
Credit: Pixabay/CC0 Public Domain Water is needed for development, production and consumption, yet we are overusing and polluting an unsubstitutable resource and system. Eight safe and just boundaries for five…
Archaeologists to excavate Sheffield Castle where Mary, Queen of Scots was imprisoned
Archaeologists from Wessex Archaeology will be conducting an excavation of Sheffield Castle in Sheffield, England. Sheffield Castle was constructed following the Norman Conquest of England (1066) at the confluence of…
CaMKII Can Be Regulated to Mitigate Alzheimer’s
Summary: The CaMKII protein, critical in brain and heart function, can be regulated to mitigate Alzheimer’s and heart conditions using three types of drug inhibitors. Their findings reveal that these…
Pregnancy in low-income, food-scarce neighborhoods may increase risk of adverse birth outcomes, study reveals
Credit: CC0 Public Domain Living in neighborhoods where residents have lower incomes and limited food access during pregnancy was associated with an increased risk of babies born small for gestational…
