A business filing indicates Elon Musk founded an X.AI corporation in the weeks before signing an open letter calling for a pause in developing such technology due to its risks.…
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Japan, US agree to cooperate on geothermal energy
U.S. Energy Secretary Jennifer Granholm, center, has a small talk with her counterparts before a plenary session in the G-7 ministers’ meeting on climate, energy and environment in Sapporo, northern…
Watch SpaceX Dragon cargo ship depart space station today
A robotic SpaceX Dragon cargo capsule will return to Earth today (April 15), and you can watch the action live. The Dragon is scheduled to undock from the International Space…
Archaeologists uncover ritual landscape connected to ancient Andean cults
Archaeologists conducting a study in the Carangas region of highland Bolivia have discovered a ritual landscape connected with the Andean cults of wak’a (sacred mountains, tutelary hills, and mummified ancestors).…
Multidrug-resistant bacteria found in 40% of supermarket meat samples
Multidrug-resistant E. coli were found in 40% of supermarket meat samples tested in a Spanish study. E. coli strains capable of causing severe infections in people were also highly prevalent,…
Major genetic study reveals how antibiotic resistance varies according to where you live, demographics and diet
A genetic study analyzing the microbiome (bacteria in the gut) of a large nationally representative sample of the Finnish population finds that geographic, demographic, diet, and lifestyle factors are driving…
Scientists find mutations, say threat is still low
Municipal workers collect dead pelicans on Santa Maria beach in Lima, Peru, Nov. 30, 2022, as thousands of birds died in November along the Pacific of Peru from bird flu,…
Study of cerebral blood vessels uncovers potential new drug targets for treating stroke
In the inset, the small blood vessels in the brain, i.e. the cerebral microvasculature, can be seen at a higher magnification stained in red and the molecules that weaken the…
Newborn Earth made its own water, study suggests
Contrary to a popular theory that icy comets or asteroids delivered water to a dry newborn Earth, the planet itself may have produced its earliest water supply, a new study…
How do we know how far away and early in the universe galaxies are?
Since it started delivering its first results in July 2022, the James Webb Space Telescope (JWST) has been supplying stunning images of the universe that include observations of the most…
