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A 2021 satellite photo shows an unusual series of concentric cloud rings that appeared directly above an erupting volcano on La Palma in Spain's Canary Islands.

A new study updates the age of Earth's oldest known meteorite impact crater, the North Pole Dome crater, which scientists previously claimed was 3.47 billion years old.

A new study updates the age of Earth's oldest known meteorite impact crater, the North Pole Dome crater, which scientists previously claimed was 3.47 billion years old.

Scientists found that one tiny genetic change can completely alter how a coronavirus behaves in different species. Comparing SARS-CoV-2 with a closely related bat-only virus, they showed that a single amino-acid differen...

By tamping down metabolism, a new experimental treatment that induces a hypothermia-like state may slow stroke-associated brain injury, scientists report.

Magnetic quantum oscillations have been unexpectedly observed in insulators, where freely moving charge carriers are not expected to exist. A joint study by researchers from Tokyo University of Science, The University of...

Researchers track 72 students in NYC to prove heart rates synchronize during close proximity and shared attention, serving as a real-world marker for social engagement.

Researchers have developed "fleeting memory transformers" that integrate human-like memory decay and a 3-to-7 word echoic buffer into neural networks, proving that restricting an AI's context window forces it...

A massive genetic study of 2 million people revealed that Ménières disease is linked to prenatal inner ear development and vitamin A (retinoic acid) pathways, shifting scientific focus away from strictly adult-onset fl...

Fans can make you hotter rather than cooler, but the temperature at which you should turn them off depends on several factors, including your age and the humidity level

A new study reveals that palatable food triggers dopamine in the prefrontal cortex, activating a neural circuit that acts as a top-down brake to suppress chronic stress-induced hyperactivity.

AI needs to focus more like we do. The post AI Collapses on a Classic Psychology Test. What It Reveals Could Stall Human-Level AI. appeared first on SingularityHub.

A study using PET imaging shows that 28 hours of sleep deprivation significantly increases SV2A, a marker for synaptic density, in the human hippocampus and thalamus, supporting the theory that sleep is structurally requ...

In a recent study, Manish Garg, independent group leader at Max Planck Institute for Solid State Research (MPI FKF), succeeded in probing the local properties of bright and dark excitons in the organic superconductor cop...

A cave in Belize contains teeth from dozens of important Maya people buried elsewhere, which may attest to a ritual intended to ensure their passage to the underworld

Raising children appears to keep the brain young, potentially acting as a buffer against cognitive decline and Alzheimers

This year's El Niño is on track to be among the strongest ever recorded.

Not much is known about Starfall, SpaceX's new delivery system, but an assessment published in May revealed its intended purpose

A new study utilizing direct intracranial recordings shows that the frontal cortex acts as an audiovisual traffic controller, segregating sound and sight into lower and upper regions and dynamically reweighting attention...

A new study demonstrates that lifetime estrogen accumulation, from early-life birth control, late menopause, or hormone therapy, protects brain health in older women, resulting in larger memory center volumes and thicker...

A new optical technique developed by researchers at the University of St Andrews and Adelaide University allows toxic methanol in alcoholic spirits to be detected without opening the bottle. Published in the Journal of P...

A new study analyzing awake brain stimulation data reveals that human laughter is driven by two separate networks: an ancient, emotional "spontaneous" circuit and a motor-driven "volitional" circuit that ...