Science
Facebook Pulls Its New ‘AI For Science’ Because It’s Broken and Terrible
The demo of Galactica generated fake research and filtered out searches for ‘racism’ and ‘AIDS.’
I’ve Made More Than 1,700 Wikipedia Entries on Women Scientists and I’m Not Yet Done
British scientist Jessica Wade has made one Wikipedia entry every day since 2017.
Space Ripples Reveal Never-Before-Seen Black Hole Crash, Study Says
Scientists offer a wild new explanation for a strange gravitational wave that passed through Earth in 2019.
Nuclear Fusion Experiment Reveals Unexpected Physics Inside ‘Burning Plasma’
“This is the first burning plasma that we've ever created on the planet, so it's pretty amazing.”
Scientists Begin Trials for Transfusions of Lab-Grown Blood Cells
The ability to grow blood cells of any needed type in a lab could be a game-changer.
Scientists Have Founded a ‘Post-Detection Hub’ to Prepare for Alien Contact
“There will be denial/conspiracy advocates, as is the case for many events in history,” the organization's founder says.
Deep Bass Subconsciously Makes People Dance Harder and Scientists Don’t Know Why
Very-low frequency speakers help people get into the groove, even if they can't tell it's happening.
The Atlanta Scooter Ban Study Doesn’t Prove What It Thinks It Does
The study went viral for claiming to be a “definitive answer” that a night-time scooter ban increased car use. What it actually demonstrates is something different.
Scientists Used Genetic Engineering to Change How High Cocaine Got Mice In Study
Genetically-engineered gut bacteria and other treatments mediated how cocaine-injected mice responded to the drug.
Scientists Invent ‘Quantum Watch’, a Mind-Bending New Way to Measure Time
The quantum watch is "fully quantum mechanical in its nature" and "effectively has no sources of systematic error," scientists say.
‘Humbling’ Study Shows How Cat ‘Zombie’ Parasite Hijacks Human Cells
Toxoplasma turns mice into "zombie" hosts, and also infects humans. It "probably understands our immune system better than we humans do,” scientists say.
Scientists Manipulated People’s Nightmares to Turn Them Into Dreams in New Study
Researchers used a combination of therapies to turn nightmares into more positive dreams for people with a condition called Nightmare Disorder.