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Advanced AI models generate up to 50 times more CO₂ emissions than more common LLMs when answering the same questions

Asking AI reasoning models questions in areas such as algebra or philosophy caused carbon dioxide emissions to spike significantly.

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Evidence is building that people were in the Americas 23,000 years ago

A new analysis of the ancient human footprints at White Sands National Park in New Mexico offers more evidence that they are around 23,000 years old.

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The brain might have a hidden 'off switch' for binge drinking

Flipping the switch on fewer than 500 neurons dramatically reduces the alcohol consumption of mice. This novel finding could lead to new targets for therapeutics.

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1 psychedelic psilocybin dose eases depression for years, study reveals

Half a decade after receiving a psychedelic treatment for depression, two-thirds of patients in a new study remained in remission.

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Get ready! First images from the Vera C. Rubin Observatory are streaming live in less than an hour.

The Vera C. Rubin Observatory shared a "sneak peak" of its first highly-detailed space images this morning, with the full debut of all its new images coming at 11 a.m. EDT on Monday.

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'Huge surprise' reveals how some humans left Africa 50,000 years ago

How did Homo sapiens manage to leave Africa around 50,000 years ago, when earlier treks out of the continent had ended in failure?

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Bizarre radio signals that defy physics detected under Antarctica: 'It's one of these long-standing mysteries'

Researchers detected mysterious radio waves in Antarctica that seem to defy the rules of particle physics. Now they're searching for a cause.

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Indonesia's Lewotobi Laki-laki volcano erupts twice in 2 days, unleashing 6-mile-high ash cloud

Mount Lewotobi Laki-laki erupted on Tuesday and Wednesday, unleashing gigantic ash plumes and showering villages with volcanic debris.

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Satellite coated in ultra-dark 'Vantablack' paint will launch into space next year to help combat major issue

Researchers from the U.K. plan to launch a CubeSat covered with a newly formulated "hull-darkening" Vantablack paint into space next year. If successful, the coating could help mitigate light pollution from private satellite "megaconstellations."

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Covering poop lagoons with a tarp could cut 80% of methane emissions from dairy farms

"Digesters" that convert methane from manure ponds into fuel can dramatically reduce emissions of this potent greenhouse gas on dairy farms, scientists have found.

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Ancient 'Dragon Man' skull from China isn't what we thought

Scientists have determined that a giant skull from an ancient human relative named the "Dragon Man" is actually Denisovan.

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China pits rival humanoids against each other in world's first 'robot boxing tournament'

Unitree's combat robots can punch and kick while keeping their balance, but they are controlled by humans — for now.

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Diagnostic dilemma: A woman started eating foam from her chair while receiving dialysis

A woman on dialysis experienced a lot of fluid buildup between appointments and developed an unusual eating habit in an attempt to counter it.

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Mysterious deep-space radio signals reveal location of the universe's 'missing matter'

Much of the universe's regular "baryonic" matter is spread through intergalactic space and in diffuse halos around galaxies, researchers proposed after studying the behavior of fast radio bursts emitted from deep space.

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'Artificial intelligence is not a miracle cure': Nobel laureate raises questions about AI-generated image of black hole spinning at the heart of our galaxy

Researchers have used an AI model to create a new image of the black hole at the center of our galaxy. But some experts are skeptical of the results.

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Giant 'Saharan dust' plume swirls around Africa a week before it hit Florida — Earth from space

A recent satellite photo captured a giant comma-shaped cloud of "Saharan dust" being blown above the Atlantic Ocean. The hazy mass hit North America a week later.

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Industrial waste is turning into a new type of rock at 'unprecedented' speed, new study finds

Samples from slag cliffs in England reveal industrial waste products can turn into rock in less than four decades, challenging assumptions about how rocks form.

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Hurricanes and sandstorms can be forecast 5,000 times faster thanks to new Microsoft AI model

Microsoft's Aurora AI beat existing systems in predicting weather conditions over a 14-day period in 91% of cases, including hurricanes, sandstorms and ocean swells.

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James Webb telescope spots tiny galaxies that may have transformed the universe

The James Webb Space Telescope has revealed dozens of tiny, distant galaxies piercing the fog of the cosmic dark age in the first billion years after the Big Bang.

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Viking Age woman was buried with her dog in an elaborate 'boat grave,' excavations reveal

Researchers think the Viking Age boat burial of a woman and her pooch in Norway dates to between A.D. 900 and 950.

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James Webb telescope ups the odds that 'city-killer' asteroid 2024 YR4 will hit the moon in 2032

The James Webb Space Telescope has taken another look at the potential "city-killer" asteroid 2024 YR4 and found its chances of hitting the moon in December 2032 have increased to 4.3%.

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Tarkhan Dress: World's oldest known outfit was worn to an ancient Egyptian funeral 5,000 years ago

The world's oldest known dress is a simple V-necked garment that was overlooked as rags for decades.

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This EV battery fully recharges in just 18 seconds — and it just got the green light for mass production

The British VarEVolt battery has been granted the certification needed so it can be manufactured on a large scale, meaning more EV makers can use them in their cars.

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Why is the Pacific Ocean so big?

Look at any world map and you'll see that the Pacific is the largest ocean. But how did it get so big?

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James Webb telescope discovers 'a new kind of climate' on Pluto, unlike anything else in our solar system

New James Webb Space Telescope data reveal Pluto's high-altitude haze is a key driver of the climate on the dwarf planet, offering clues to Earth's ancient atmosphere.

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