science
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News
Company Offering ‘100% Human-Written, Never AI’ Medical Research Is Entirely AI
Research Gold's team of human methodologists are either AI generated or using the identity of real people without their permission
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A Hidden 'Dark Dimension' Could Rewrite Our Understanding of the Universe
The nature of dark matter and dark energy are among the biggest mysteries in science. Scientists think an extra “dark dimension” could explain both, and they are putting the idea to the test.
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Scientists Gave ‘Aggressive’ Fish Psychedelic Drugs. A Breakthrough Came Next
“We really had no idea what we were getting ourselves into,” said one researcher involved in the first-of-its-kind study that dosed fish with psilocybin, the component in magic mushrooms.
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A Billion Years Are Mysteriously Missing From Earth’s History. Now, We Know Why.
The Great Unconformity — a gap in Earth’s geological record — has puzzled scientists for 150 years. New research suggests it was created by shifting continents, rather than “snowball Earths” or Cambrian life.
vaccine
A New 'Nanoparticle Vaccine' Prevented Cancer In Mice, Study Says
The vast majority of mice that received the vaccine warded off repeated exposure to cancer cells, but the applications for humans are still not known.
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Million-Year-Old Evidence of Epic Journey Near ‘Hobbit’ Island Discovered by Scientists
Stone tools found on the Indonesian island of Sulawesi reveal a long-lost population of human relatives; their identity, and how they crossed the sea, is a mystery.
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New Deep Sea Creatures ‘Challenge Current Models of Life,’ Scientists Say
Scientists have discovered chemosynthetic animals, which don’t rely on the Sun to live, nearly six miles under the ocean surface—deeper than any found to date.
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Antarctica's Only Insect
This week: A tale of creative cryopreservation, Transylvania's 16th-century weather reports, and dancing turtles.
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This Black Hole Is Eating So Much Matter that It Defies Known Science
May I present: a hungry singularity, movie brains, Pompeii bling, and elephant showers.
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Is There Life on Europa?
This week, we travel to the Fava Flow Suburbs, some dusty Martian ice, moonlit tropical forests, and a colony of mole-rats.
Coffee
Scientists Use Ultrasound to Make Cold Brew Coffee in 3 Minutes Instead of 24 Hours
They have also invented something they are calling "cold espresso."
science
Paper-Crumpling Study About the Nature of Anger Is the Best Thing I've Read in a Long Time
Science has found that writing down your feelings and performatively disposing of them can make you less angry.