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…
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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Over 90% of X’s Community Notes unpublished, study says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…
Ad blockers may be showing users more problematic ads, study finds
Credit: Pixabay/CC0 Public Domain Ad blockers, the digital shields that nearly one billion internet users deploy to protect themselves from intrusive advertising, may be inadvertently exposing their users to more…
Holistic panoramic 3D scene understanding using spherical harmonics
Credit: Ulsan National Institute of Science and Technology An advanced artificial intelligence (AI) technology has been developed that can extract three-dimensional (3D) spatial structure and object information within indoor environments…
Investments rise in data, AI, outpacing physical assets: UN
Credit: Pixabay/CC0 Public Domain The purchase of physical assets was eclipsed last year by a surge in investment in intangible items like software, data and AI, the UN said Wednesday,…
