The U.K.’s Cass Review Badly Fails Trans ChildrenA politicized review into transgender medicine in the National Health Service has upended lives in the U.K.—and threatens to spread harm across the globeBy Cal Horton & Ruth PearceProtestors gathered outside Leeds Art...
A racehorse’s gut microbiome may influence their health and fitnessBrian Lawless/ PA/Alamy Stock Photo Racehorses seem to perform better and have a lower risk of health complications if they had diverse gut bacteria as foals. The findings suggest that, as...
Contrails are clouds produced by water vapour condensing on soot emitted by jet enginesMarkus Mainka / Alamy Stock Photo Aeroplanes that fly at higher altitudes can create longer-lasting vapour trails that are likely to cause more global warming. Since private...
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=0wHVQmOzsN0 Marine biologists have attached cameras to eight female sea lions to learn more about their behaviour and the habitats where they hunt. Nathan Angelakis at the South Australian Research and Development Institute and his colleagues sedated endangered Australian sea...
AI chatbots are being quickly rolled out for a wide range of functionsAndriy Onufriyenko/Getty Images Can artificial intelligence be made to tell the truth? Probably not, but the developers of large language model (LLM) chatbots should be legally required to...
A planet orbiting extremely close to a white dwarf may have formed inside its star – this could be the origin of some of the most promising worlds beyond our solar system to search for life Source link...
The Xingu Indigenous Territory in the Amazon may contain over 900 square kilometres of dark earthLeo F Freitas/Getty Images Rich soil in the Amazon cultivated over centuries by Indigenous communities may store billions of tonnes of carbon, suggesting that the...
The following essay is reprinted with permission from The Conversation, an online publication covering the latest research.There are more than 500 species of sharks in the world’s oceans, from the 7-inch dwarf lantern shark to whale sharks that can grow...
AI Reaches Silver-Medal Level at This Year’s Math OlympiadDuring the 2024 International Mathematical Olympiad, Google DeepMind debuted an AI program that can generate complex mathematical proofsBy Manon Bischoff While Paris was preparing to host the 33rd Olympic Games, more than...
Dead Planets Society is a podcast that takes outlandish ideas about how to tinker with the cosmos – from snapping the moon in half to causing a gravitational wave apocalypse – and subjects them to the laws of physics to...
