Scientists are wondering whether 'AI scientists' could win a Nobel Prize. Credit: Pixabay AI is already transforming industries like banking, finance, film, and journalism, and researchers are now exploring how it could reshape their field—or even earn a Nobel Prize. In 2021, Japanese scientist Hiroaki Kitano introduced the "Nobel Turing Challenge," urging researchers to develop an...
Credit: Pixabay Researchers at the University of California, Davis, discovered that prolonged smoke exposure from large wildfires depletes orchard trees' energy reserves and can slash nut production by 50%. The smoke impacts trees for months following a megafire, reducing their bloom and next season's yield. This highlights a new wildfire-related threat to plant health in...
Credit: Pixabay A study released on Wednesday found that playing a monotonous sound enhances the activity of a fungus that supports plant growth, suggesting that music could potentially benefit crops and gardens. The question of whether playing Mozart could enhance plant growth has been debated for a long time. The US TV show "MythBusters" even tested...
El Cosmico is an ambitious 3D-printed development that will remake a large chunk of the Texas desert landscape into a campground hotel with vacation homes and starchitect-designed permanent homesIcon After its earlier reveal this year, leading 3D-printed architecture company Icon is now constructing the ambitious El Cosmico campground hotel in the Texas desert. Touted as...
China's new space suit takes to the stageXinhua/Wang Quanchao China aims to send astronauts to the Moon by around 2030 and recently showcased the new spacesuits they’ll be using. During a media event, the China Manned Space Agency (CMSA) demonstrated the suits with two astronauts testing them out for the cameras. Based on current plans, the...
This achievement marks a world first and is crucial for the development of a mammoth outside the womb.Image courtesy of Colossal Biosciences Colossal Biosciences has announced a world-first achievement: their goal is to create a woolly mammoth by 2028. Their approach involves reprogramming elephant cells into stem cell-like cells capable of differentiating into all necessary...
MIT's Clio runs in real-time to map task-relevant objects in a robot's surroundings, allowing the bot (Boston Dynamic's quadruped robot Spot, pictured) carry out a natural language task ("pick up orange backpack"). Credit: Massachusetts Institute of Technology Picture tidying up a cluttered kitchen, beginning with a counter scattered with sauce packets. If your aim is...
If Earth had a ring system 446 million years ago, it could provide an explanation for the impact craters found in the geological record. Additionally, it might shed light on an unusual climate event during that time.Image Credit: ANDREI SALAUYOU/max dallocco/Shutterstock.com, modified by IFLScience New research suggests that a ring formed around the Earth about...
Credit: Pixabay Fortunately, NASA is advancing plans to implement a standardized time zone on the Moon. The proposed Coordinated Lunar Time (LTC) would help schedule missions and explorations, making future efforts to establish a permanent base on the lunar surface somewhat easier. While the concept has been previously discussed, NASA has announced plans to collaborate with...
Credit: Depositphotos Alzheimer's and Reduced Cancer Risk: Unveiling a Mysterious Link Research has revealed that individuals with Alzheimer's disease appear to have a lower risk of developing certain cancers, and a recent study involving rodents may provide insight into this phenomenon. In a study conducted in China, scientists observed that mice exhibiting Alzheimer-like symptoms had a notably...
