Open-source platform provides a virtual playground for human-AI teaming
Artificial intelligence (AI) has already become an invisible but indispensable collaborator in our lives. It helps filter spam from your inbox, improves your Netflix recommendations, and, as an automotive copilot, suggests optimal routes, monitors blind spots, and assists with parking.
Fake credentials offer novel solution to e-voting challenges
As we come to the end of a year in which half the world's population went to the polls, EPFL researchers developed and field-tested a groundbreaking new technology to protect remote electronic voting or e-voting from voter coercion and vote
The Risk of Cancer Fades as We Get Older, And We May Finally Know Why
One protein could be key.
What a medication abortion is like, according to a doctor
An expert in medication abortion describes how mifepristone and misoprostol work and what to expect after using these medications known as the "abortion pill."
How to cool down without AC
No air conditioning? Here are 14 methods for cooling your body and buffering your house from the outside heat.
Are Plant-Based Milks As Healthy as You Think? New Study Challenges Assumptions
Plant-based beverages, though popular and eco-friendly, are less nutritious than cow’s milk due to processing that depletes proteins and essential nutrients. A study urges consumers to prioritize minimally processed foods and calls for improved manufacturing practices. Over the past decade,
Did Earth’s Gravity Give the Moon a Volcanic Makeover?
The Moon, our ancient companion, might be older than we think. While lunar rocks suggest an age of 4.35 billion years, new research hints at a hidden past obscured by tidal heating — a cosmic event that “remelted” its surface
Revolutionary Polymer Unlocks the Future of Data Storage
Researchers at Flinders University have developed a low-cost, high-density polymer that can store data efficiently using nanoscale indents and can be erased and reused multiple times. This innovative material, made from sulfur and dicyclopentadiene, promises greater storage capacities compared to
A New Way To Treat Obesity? Scientists Discover Brain Molecules That Control Food Cravings
Researchers at CRCHUM found that targeting the enzyme ABHD6 in specific brain regions of mice reduces obesity without causing anxiety or depression. This discovery may lead to novel therapies for obesity and metabolic disorders. Endocannabinoids in the brain are critical
The humble South African shoe that Hollywood A-listers, British royals love
After a funky makeover, the national shoe is being worn by the likes of Matthew McConaughey and Prince Harry.
Rebuilding Syria requires much more than bricks and mortar
The very social fabric that holds Syrian people together needs to be repaired.
Crowds mourn victims of deadly car-ramming attack at German Christmas marke
A memorial service was held on Saturday for the victims of the deadly car-ramming attack in Magdeburg, Germany.
NASA’s Parker Solar Probe will reach its closest-ever point to the sun on Christmas Eve
NASA's record-breaking Parker Solar Probe will smash its own personal bests for proximity to the sun and fastest speed by a human-made object when it whizzes past our star on Christmas Eve (Dec. 24). It is unlikely to get significantly