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OpenAI keeps bulldozing mathematicians
OpenAI formed an independent advisory group of elite mathematicians to help coordinate research announcements, but the rollout has been criticized for confusion about the group’s independence and rushed execution.
AI is supercharging hacking, and your local hospitals and banks aren’t ready
AI-powered hacking is increasingly threatening small hospitals, banks, and nonprofits lacking resources to defend themselves, as major tech companies restrict advanced cybersecurity tools to large enterprises.
Interactive: What China’s dozens of ‘five-year plans’ say about climate and energy
Nearly three-quarters of China’s 72 five-year plans issued this year contain climate and energy policies, according to Carbon Brief analysis of central government documents.
Trump cut their climate jobs. This secretive network found them new ones.
A secretive network called Climate Reserve has emerged to rehire climate scientists and fund research projects cut by the Trump administration, placing experts in nonprofits and universities across the country.
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Scientists create mice with part-human brains
Researchers created mice with half-human brains by transplanting lab-grown human brain cells into genetically engineered rodents, aiming to understand neurological disorders and develop new treatments.
Baby girls’ greater interest in faces offers clue to nature v nurture debate
Newborn girls showed greater interest in watching faces compared to toys than boys did, suggesting some sex-based differences in attention may be present at birth rather than learned through experience.
Stanford scientists discover the human brain may actually be two separate organs
Stanford researchers discovered the human brain develops from two distinct progenitor cell populations rather than one, challenging decades of neuroscience assumptions and potentially enabling new treatments for neurological diseases.
MIT’s tiny flying robot gets 450% faster with AI
MIT researchers developed an AI-based controller for insect-sized flying robots, increasing speed by 450% and enabling complex aerial maneuvers like repeated somersaults.
These massive stars could explain Webb’s strangest galaxies
Astronomers are using the Hubble Space Telescope to study massive stars in nearby dwarf galaxies that resemble early universe conditions, potentially explaining unusual features of distant galaxies observed by the James Webb Space Telescope.
“We just need to go back” – Uranus’ moon Ariel may have hidden a 100-mile-deep ocean
Research suggests Uranus’ moon Ariel may once have harbored a subsurface ocean exceeding 100 miles deep, based on analysis of the moon’s fractured surface and tidal stress patterns.
Scientists find two tiny new snails with shells that close like doors
Two newly identified snail species from Montenegro’s mountains have been described in a scientific journal. Both species feature unusual characteristics including eyes positioned on the sides of their heads and shell-closing mechanisms.
Distant time crystals can somehow fall into the same rhythm
Physicists demonstrated that multiple time crystals in a semiconductor can synchronize their oscillations across distances greater than 1,000 times their individual size through spin-coupled mechanisms.
When what you see doesn’t make sense, your brain does something remarkable
New research reveals the brain may resolve visual conflicts by comparing interpretations across different brain regions until a consistent picture emerges through a consensus-building mechanism.
Resident doctors in England call off strike after new offer from government
Resident doctors in England have called off strikes scheduled to begin Monday after the government made a new pay offer, ending the 16th walkout in a long-running dispute.
Researchers hope powerful new microscope will reveal ‘root cause’ of incurable bowel disease
Researchers at a UK institute are deploying an advanced microscope to better understand inflammatory bowel disease mechanisms and develop targeted treatments for the incurable condition affecting over half a million people in the UK.
‘A really scary place for children’: English hospitals have chronic lack of health play staff
English hospitals lack sufficient health play professionals to support children undergoing treatment, with only one specialist available for every 22,061 admissions compared to the recommended ratio of one per 2,230.