AI-generated poetry is indistinguishable from human-written poetry and is rated more favorably - Scientific Reports ( www.nature.com )
A new study found adaptive traffic signals powered by big data reduced peak-hour travel times by 11% in China’s 100 most congested cities – saving 31.73 million tonnes of CO₂ annually. ( www.nature.com )
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The climate crisis is solvable, but human rights must trump profits ( www.nature.com )
My blue is your blue: different people’s brains process colours in the same way ( www.nature.com )
Is the colour you see the same as what I see? It’s a question that has puzzled both philosophers and neuroscientists for decades, but has proved notoriously difficult to answer... Now, a study that recorded patterns of brain activity in 15 participants suggests that colours are represented and processed in the same way in the ...
Geothermal power may be about to kill the Nuclear Energy industry. Drilling costs are falling so fast, by 2027 it will be able to provide baseload electricity at the same price. ( www.nature.com )
The great rewiring: is social media really behind an epidemic of teenage mental illness? The evidence is equivocal on whether screen time is to blame for rising levels of teen depression and anxiety. ( www.nature.com )
A study found that a nuclear war between the U.S. and Russia would kill more than 5 billion people – just from starvation ( www.nature.com )
AI models fed AI-generated data quickly spew nonsense ( www.nature.com )
Climate models can’t explain 2023’s huge heat anomaly — we could be in uncharted territory ( www.nature.com )
We need answers for why 2023 turned out to be the warmest year in possibly the past 100,000 years. And we need them quickly.
LLMs produce racist output when prompted in African American English ( www.nature.com )
Climate models can’t explain 2023’s huge heat anomaly — we could be in uncharted territory ( www.nature.com )
Many people have no mental imagery. What’s going on in their brains? - A Nature news feature on aphantasia ( www.nature.com )
Think about your breakfast this morning. Can you imagine the pattern on your coffee mug? The sheen of the jam on your half-eaten toast? ...
Why kids need to take more risks: science reveals the benefits of wild, free play ( www.nature.com )
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TIL psychedelics supposedly work by desynchronizing the brain ( www.nature.com )
Controversial COVID study that promoted unproven treatment retracted after four-year saga (a.k.a. the hydroxychloroquine study is finally retracted) ( www.nature.com )
A study that stoked enthusiasm for the now-disproven idea that a cheap malaria drug can treat COVID-19 has been retracted — more than four-and-a-half years after it was published. ...
Huge SpaceX rocket explosion shredded the upper atmosphere ( www.nature.com )
How rich is too rich? ( www.nature.com )
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Bird flu virus has been spreading in US cows for months, RNA reveals ( www.nature.com )
A strain of highly pathogenic avian influenza has been silently spreading in US cattle for months, according to preliminary analysis of genomic data. The outbreak is likely to have begun when the virus jumped from an infected bird into a cow, probably around late December or early January. This implies a protracted, undetected ...
Mystery oxygen source discovered on the sea floor — bewildering scientists ( www.nature.com )
Can’t get motivated? This brain circuit might explain why — and it can be turned off ( www.nature.com )
Sometimes the hardest part of doing an unpleasant task is simply getting started – typing the first word of a long report, lifting the dirty dish atop an overfilled sink, or removing the clothes from an unused exercise machine. The obstacle isn’t necessarily a lack of interest in completing the task, but the brain’s ...
Exclusive: Trump White House directs NIH to study ‘regret’ after transgender people transition ( www.nature.com )
Wuhan lab samples hold no close relatives to virus behind COVID ( www.nature.com )
Shi Zhengli, the virologist at centre of COVID lab-leak theory, reveals coronavirus sequences from Wuhan institute. ...
Stem cells reverse woman’s diabetes — a world first ( www.nature.com )
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Why do wet dogs shake themselves dry? Neuroscience [finally] has an answer ( www.nature.com )
When a dog shakes water off its fur, the action is not just a random flurry of movements — nor a deliberate effort to drench anyone standing nearby. ...
‘Poo milkshake’ boosts the microbiome of c-section babies ( www.nature.com )
Feeding a baby born by caesarean section milk containing a tiny bit of their mother’s poo introduces beneficial microbes to their gut, according to a clinical trial. The approach might one day help to prevent diseases during childhood and later in life. ...
