WEIRD SCIENCE
Sargassum seaweed started washing up in Fort Lauderdale, Florida, in mid-March 2023. Joe Raedle/Getty Images – By Stephen P. Leatherman, Professor of Coastal Science, Florida International University – Published: 2023 Apr 07 – An unwelcome visitor is headed for Florida and the Caribbean: …
Norwegian startup Oyster has new ideas for the simple cooler. Oyster. View gallery – 10 images – By C.C. Weiss 2023 Apr 07 – Vacuum-insulated coolers have been emerging on the market over the past few years, among them the precision-temperature Qool Box and …
One distinction between a snail and a slug: The snail has a shell. maxphotography/Moment via Getty Images – By John F. Tooker, Professor of Entomology and Extension Specialist, Penn State and by Daniel Bliss, Master’s Student in Entomology, Penn State and by Jared …
GRB 221009A may have been produced by the collpase of a black hole. NASA’s Goddard Space Flight Center. View gallery – 5 images – By David Szondy 2023 Apr 04 – NASA has confirmed that on 2022 Oct 09, our solar system was struck …
Jimmy Wales is weighing up whether to begin having Large LAnguage Model AIs like GPT write Wikipedia. Wikipedia – By Loz Blain 2023 Apr 03 – Despite its frequent and serious inaccuracies, GPT has got Wikipedia founder Jimmy Wales thinking seriously about how AI …
Special mics were used to pick up the ultrasonic sounds various plants make when stressed. Tel Aviv University – By Michael Franco 2023 Mar 31 – If a plant is stressed but no one hears it, does it still make a sound? While …
Our current methods of training and aligning intelligent AIs do not scale well into the future. Generated by Midjourney View gallery – 5 images – By Loz Blain 2023 Mar 31 – Forget the collapse of employment, forget the spam and misinformation, forget human …
Two-thirds of Euro/American jobs are set to change due to AI automation, and up to a quarter of all current work will be taken over by AIs, according to a bombshell report from analysts at Goldman Sachs. Here are the jobs that’ll be …
Unconfirmed reports say dogs in a new study woofed down their plant-based dinners. Depositphotos – By Bronwyn Thompson 2023 Mar 27 – As the perception of plant-based diets slowly shifts away from the image of a lettuce leaf on a plate, it’s no surprise …
A robotic hive was able to help honeybee colonies endure through extreme winter weather. Depositphotos View gallery – 4 images – By Bronwyn Thompson 2023 Mar 23 – While honeybees are famously difficult to study, altering natural behaviors if any outside influences are sensed, …
