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Scientists Crushed Rocks in Iceland—and May Have Solved the Fall of the Roman Empire
When it comes to the fall of the Roman Empire, this climate shift may have been the straw that broke the camel’s back.” ...
An A.I. Fooled Humans and Passed the Turing Test. But It's a Red Herring for the Singularity.
A study by scientists at UC San Diego found that OpenAI’s large language model GPT-4.5 passed for human 73 percent of the ...
Tesla Is Trying to Build an Ecological Paradise. Too Bad It Literally Stinks.
Elon Musk is looking to bolster the ecosystem surrounding Austin’s Tesla factory. But his environmental track record sends a ...
Scientists Built Holograms You Can Manipulate with Your Hands. This Is How the Future Feels.
“What we see in films and call holograms are typically volumetric displays,” Elodie Bouzbib, the first author on the paper ...
Archaeologists Excavating a Maya City Found a 1,700-Year-Old Altar. It Shouldn’t Have Been There.
Tikal is a 2,400-year-old Maya city in the heart of Guatemala—far flung from Mexico’s ancient city of Teotihuacan. The ...
Psychedelics Could Transform How We Sleep—Or If We Even Need It at All, New Theory Claims
Hallucinogens like DMT, psilocin, and LSD might rewrite the rules of sleep, blurring the line between dreams and reality.
The 9 Best Daypacks We Recommend to Comfortably Carry All Your Gear
For most day hikers, a frameless pack is a fine choice. Because it uses less material than an internal frame pack, it is ...
Purple Isn’t Real, Science Says. Your Brain Is Just Making It Up.
Purple is a combination of wavelengths from opposite extremes of the spectrum, which technically deosn’t make any sense, but ...
How to Fix Squeaky Brakes
Our favorite tweak for squeaks relies on a different principle: Instead of using shims or lubricants to decouple the pad from the caliper, stick the brake pad's backing plate to the piston or caliper ...
A Woman Went for a Casual Walk—and Accidentally Discovered a One-in-a-Million Treasure
A ceramic pot turned into a jackpot for a woman on a walk in the Kutnohorsk Region of the Czech Republic. While out on a ...
Decoding Animal Minds Could Reveal the Purpose of Consciousness, Scientists Say
Scientists say these are all markers of animal consciousness, a sign that animals, from Labrador retrievers to cuttlefish to ...
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A Queen Bee Lives 20 Times Longer Than Her Workers. Scientists Want to Steal Her Secrets For Humanity.
Queens eat royal jelly, which has antioxidants and less sugar than the honey tkhat workers eat. This is thought to be part of the reasons queens outlive worker bees. The gut bacteria of queen bees are ...