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Science
What we know, what we are learning, and what the labs are not telling you.
145Science
Male hormones suppress asthma nerve activity in lungs
Male hormones suppress asthma nerve activity in lungs For years, researchers could only infer how sex hormones influence asthma by observing that the condition presents differently in men and women. The underlying...
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146Science
IBM Cools Two Quantum Systems Together in Breakthrough
IBM Cools Two Quantum Systems Together in Breakthrough For decades, the biggest obstacle in quantum computing was not the logic it was the cold. A quantum chip must be cooled to near absolute zero, just a whisper above...
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147Science
AI and consciousness research hype gap
AI and consciousness research hype gap The field of consciousness research is suddenly the center of an artificial intelligence gold rush. Cognitive scientist Abeba Birhane, who leads the AI Accountability Lab at...
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148Science
Mapping chronic pain with brain blueprints
Mapping chronic pain with brain blueprints For decades, doctors attempting to treat chronic pain with brain stimulation faced a fundamental problem: they knew electricity could help, but they could not see exactly where...
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149Science
Sun's cosmic journeys may have shaped Earth's climate
Sun's cosmic journeys may have shaped Earth's climate A Telescope Built for Another Mission The Kepler space telescope was never designed to study our own Sun. Launched in 2009, its mission was to stare at a patch of...
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150Science
The Brain That Predicts Before It Perceives
The Brain That Predicts Before It Perceives The Brain That Predicts Before It Perceives A new theoretical framework describes a brain that does not wait for sensory information to arrive before deciding what the world...
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151Science
Government contracts can lock in market dominance
Government contracts can lock in market dominance A curious paradox sits at the heart of public investment in frontier technology: the same government contracts meant to spark competition often end up extinguishing it....
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152Science
RNA Nanostars Show Why Basic Research Takes Decades
RNA Nanostars Show Why Basic Research Takes Decades The simplest explanation for a breakthrough is often the wrong one. When mRNA vaccines arrived in record time during the pandemic, it looked like a sudden triumph of...
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153Science
AI Watermarks Cannot Ensure Scientific Integrity
AI Watermarks Cannot Ensure Scientific Integrity Detecting AI generated text has long been a game of educated guessing. Statistical detectors flagged suspicious patterns but often mistook human writing for machine...
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154Science
AI data centres in space face scientific pushback
AI data centres in space face scientific pushback The promise sounds like science fiction: move the massive computer warehouses that power artificial intelligence into orbit, where the sun always shines and no community...
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155Science
China expands young scientists fund with age limits
China expands young scientists fund with age limits A New Window Into Early Career Support The National Natural Science Foundation of China (NSFC) has announced plans to fund an additional 12,000 projects through its...
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Jodrell Bank Telescope Faces Closure Amid Funding Cuts
Jodrell Bank Telescope Faces Closure Amid Funding Cuts The instrument that once tracked Sputnik's carrier rocket across the night sky now faces an uncertain future. Britain's largest telescope, the iconic Lovell...
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