Artificial intelligence (AI) can be trained to see details in images that escape the human eye. In 2023, an AI neural network identified something unusual about a face in a Raphael painting: It wasn’t actually painted by Raphael.
The face in…
China’s brain-computer interface industry is growing fast, and the newest company to emerge from the country is aiming to access the brain without the use of invasive implants.
Gestala, newly founded in Chengdu with offices in Shanghai and Hong…
A great white shark is a masterwork of evolutionary engineering. These beautiful predators glide effortlessly through the water, each slow, deliberate sweep of the powerful tail driving a body specialised for stealth, speed, and…
Data centers have caused the demand for gas-fired power in the US to explode over the past two years, according to new research released Wednesday. More than a third of this new demand, the research found, is explicitly linked to gas projects…
Mercury’s barren surface has led to the planet being labeled as “dead,” but signs of geological activity say otherwise. Bright streaks known as “lineae,” which can be seen on slopes across the planet, may be the key to proving that reports…
When a new infectious disease begins to spread, delays carry consequences. During the COVID-19 pandemic, vaccines reached the public faster than ever before, but even that effort depended on complex supply chains and cold storage that limited…
Mass extinctions are often imagined as sudden, planet-wide catastrophes caused by asteroid impacts, supervolcanoes, or runaway climate change. But Earth’s history also includes a series of smaller extinction events that unfolded between the big…
Beneath a modern Frankfurt neighborhood, archaeologists have uncovered one of the most extraordinary religious complexes ever found in Roman Europe. A vast, well-preserved cult district in the ancient city of Nida is now the focus of a major…
Dogs can be very responsive to human voices, to the point that the sound of our voices may affect their stability. Like humans, animals can rely on visual cues to support balance, posture, and stabilization, but recent human studies have shown…
The Doomsday Clock has just been set to 85 seconds to midnight. Nearly 80 years after its creation, this time represents the closest the clock has ever been to midnight. This was reported by the Bulletin of the Atomic Scientists’ Science and…