Summary: A new study questions whether playing youth football leads to harmful protein buildup in the brain. Researchers examined 174 donated brains, including former high school and college players, and…
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Latest Grok chatbot turns to Musk for some answers
Grok, the AI chatbot developed by Elon Musk’s company xAI, already faced renewed scrutiny this week after responses that praised Adolf Hitler. The latest version of xAI’s generative artificial intelligence…
Some warning alerts can lead to more hazardous driving
Credit: Unsplash/CC0 Public Domain In recent years, every new car driver has been getting used to bells and beeps. As automakers try to make cars safer, they’ve introduced increasingly sophisticated…
Animal-inspired AI robot learns to navigate unfamiliar terrain
Robot walks on concrete paving slabs. Credit: Joseph Humphreys, University of Leeds. Researchers have developed an artificial intelligence (AI) system that enables a four-legged robot to adapt its gait to…
Familiar Faces and Fights: What Monkeys Like to Watch Most
Summary: A new study reveals that long-tailed macaques, like humans, are most captivated by videos featuring social conflict and familiar group members. Researchers showed the macaques videos of monkeys engaged…
An underground tech surfaces as a serious clean energy contender
Fervo Energy’s Cape Station enhanced geothermal site located near Milford, Utah. Credit: Fervo Energy A once-overlooked technology that taps into the Earth’s heat to generate electricity could supply up to…
Modeling shows geothermal and borehole thermal energy storage can reliably heat buildings in extreme cold
Anaktuvuk Pass, Alaska, in winter. Credit: Molly Rettig, NREL New energy storage research from NREL, a U.S. Department of Energy national laboratory, has demonstrated a way to store and reuse…
Over 90% of X’s Community Notes unpublished, study says
Tech platforms are increasingly embracing a community-driven model of content moderations. More than 90 percent of X’s Community Notes—a crowd-sourced verification system popularized by Elon Musk’s platform—are never published, a…
Psilocybin Shows Promise as Anti-Aging Therapy
Summary: Psilocybin, the active compound derived from psychedelic mushrooms, significantly delayed cellular aging and extended lifespan in a preclinical study. Researchers observed a 50% increase in the lifespan of human…
