Goods delivered by nuclear power? UN agency chief meets Greek shipowners to discuss the idea

Greece Foreign Minister Giorgos Gerapetritis, left, welcomes Rafael Mariano Grossi, the director-general of the International Atomic Energy Agency, during their meeting in Athens, Greece, Thursday, May 29, 2025. Credit: AP…

Australia’s new tech codes may threaten their access

Credit: Photo By: Kaboompics.com from Pexels Last week, organizations from Australia’s online industries submitted a final draft of new industry codes aimed at protecting children from “age-inappropriate content” to the…

Singing to Infants Boosts Mood and Bonding

Summary: A new randomized study found that when parents sing more frequently to their infants, both babies and caregivers experience measurable improvements in mood and wellbeing. The study involved 110…

LLMs Mimics Human Cognitive Dissonance

Summary: A new study reveals that GPT-4o, a leading large language model, displays behavior resembling cognitive dissonance—a core human psychological trait. When asked to write essays either supporting or opposing…

AI-augmented models improve chemical grouting predictions in complex soils

Longer flight delays without compensation? EU plan divides

Airlines say the hefty cost of compensating passengers for delays leads them to cancel flights rather than run them late — due to the knock-on effect on flight schedules. The…

AI to spur more music creativity, not a threat: Spotify CEO

Credit: Pixabay/CC0 Public Domain Artificial intelligence will encourage more people to create music in the future and is not a threat to the industry, the founder and CEO of streaming…

New study finds rampant non-compliance and no enforcement

Credit: Artem Podrez from Pexels Loot boxes and gacha are gambling-like products inside video games that players buy to obtain random rewards. Concerns have been raised about consumers, particularly children,…

Ban fossil fuel heating systems? A way out of the war of beliefs

Prototype sodium-air fuel cell could power electric planes and trains

An H-cell modified with electrodes and an ion-conducting ceramic membrane to conduct sodium-air fuel cell experiments. Credit: Gretchen Ertl Batteries are nearing their limits in terms of how much power…