Worn under the clothing and against the skin for up to five days at a time, the device could provide far more information than an in-clinic stethoscope examinationDepositphotosTraditional stethoscopes can detect respiratory conditions, but they only provide insights during short examinations by healthcare professionals. A new wearable device, however, can offer a more comprehensive...
Credit: DepositphotosWhile all bacteria exist as single cells at some point in their lives, there is one remarkable exception: the multicellular magnetotactic bacteria (MMB).A Window into Evolutionary HistoryFound in sulfide-rich sediments of a tidal salt marsh in Massachusetts, these MMBs are attracting the attention of scientists as they may offer clues about the evolutionary...
(Loren Zemlicka/Moment/Getty Images)While in our everyday lives measuring time is simply a matter of counting the seconds between the past and the present, things work quite differently in the quantum world. At microscopic scales, events don’t follow a predictable order, and the “now” often blurs with the “before,” rendering conventional stopwatches useless in certain...
Image Credits:Golden Sikorka / Getty ImagesA new startup, Mechanize, founded by renowned AI researcher Tamay Besiroglu, has sparked significant debate with its bold mission to fully automate all human labor. Besiroglu, also the founder of the nonprofit AI research organization Epoch, announced the venture on X (formerly Twitter), stating the goal is "the full...
The newly reprocessed 2003 Hubble observations of the Sombrero Galaxy. (ESA/Hubble & NASA, K. Noll)To celebrate 35 years of discoveries, the Hubble Space Telescope has released a newly enhanced image of one of the sky’s most captivating galaxies: the Sombrero Galaxy.A Hat in the Sky: The Sombrero Galaxy's Unique AppearanceAlso known as Messier 104, this...
Something's going on beneath the surface of North AmericaNASA/Goddard Space Flight Center Scientific Visualization Studio The Blue Marble Next Generation data is courtesy of Reto Stockli (NASA/GSFC) and NASA's Earth ObservatoryA study published in the journal Nature Geoscience has revealed a subtle yet significant phenomenon beneath the North American continent: its ancient bedrock is...
Does the US have a CT overuse problem? Scientists believe soDepositphotosA recent study has raised concerns about the excessive use of CT (computed tomography) scans, linking them to approximately 5% of all new cancer diagnoses annually. Since 2007, the use of CT scans in the United States has grown by 30%.Researchers at the University...
Center of the Milky Way seen through NASA's Spitzer Space Telescope's infrared camera. (NASA, JPL-Caltech/Susan Stolovy (SSC/Caltech) et al.)Astronomers have long been intrigued by two puzzling phenomena at the center of our galaxy. First, the gas in the so-called Central Molecular Zone (CMZ)—a dense and turbulent region near the Milky Way's core—appears to be ionized...
Some giant storms on Jupiter can generate mushballs if conditions are just right. (NASA)The weather on Jupiter may, in some ways, resemble phenomena on Earth, but there are peculiarities that completely defy our understanding.The “Mushball” HypothesisScientists now propose an explanation for the strange properties of the planet’s chaotic clouds: during massive thunderstorms with lightning and...
Image Credits:Bryce Durbin / TechCrunchOpenAI’s newly released o3 and o4-mini AI models push the boundaries of current technology in many ways. However, despite their advancements, these models are showing an increase in hallucinations — making up incorrect or fictional information — more often than some of the company’s older models.Hallucinations Remain a Persistent ChallengeHallucinations...
