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In April 2022, a team of scientists was on a research vessel in the Lau Basin near Tonga to study the animals that live around hydrothermal vents in the deep…
“Core on deck!”For two months, whenever I heard that cry, I would run up to the deck of the JOIDES Resolution to watch the crew pull up a 30-foot (10-meter)…
Artificial intelligence (AI) has forced its way into the public consciousness thanks to the advent of powerful new AI chatbots and image generators. But the field has a long history…
A gallery of striking ochre paintings drawn onto massive rock faces offers insight into the close relationship between humans and animals living in the Amazon thousands of years ago.The artwork…
In 2022, scientists spotted a strange signal coming from the most powerful cosmic explosion ever detected.Now, scientists say they know what made it: matter and antimatter colliding and annihilating each…
Brain-eating-amoeba infections are extremely rare, but when they do strike, they are almost always deadly, killing around 97% of victims. Such infections are caused by free-living amoebas, such as Naegleria fowleri,…
Bacteria that live inside parasitic wasps eliminate all the male wasps in the population. Now, scientists have discovered one way they do it.Long ago, the bacteria borrowed sex-determining genes from…
Apple on Friday said it will voluntarily adopt safeguards for artificial intelligence — joining other tech giants including OpenAI, Amazon, Google parent Alphabet and Meta in complying with Biden administration…
2023 was the hottest summer in the past 2,000 years, and summer 2024 is looking to be just as intense. As summer peaks, freshwater lakes and pools all over the…
Water is life. But it can also be the vehicle for bacteria, parasites and other microorganisms that can make people very, very sick. Unfortunately, researchers expect waterborne illnesses to become…