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Solar observations.

‘Scary’ solar storms flip railway signals and ground farm drones

A record-breaking solar observation has highlighted the fragility of modern industry, revealing…
White paper.

AI fuels boom in scientific papers but floods journals with ‘mediocre’ research

Artificial intelligence is helping scientists write papers faster than ever before, but…
Baby on a phone.

Screen time under two ‘permanently’ rewires brains and fuels teen anxiety

Placing a child in front of a screen before their second birthday…
AI psychosis

New AI personality test reveals chatbots can be programmed with ‘psychosis’

Researchers have developed the first scientifically validated framework to measure the “personality”…
Swearing.

You can swear by it: Turning the air blue makes you stronger, psychologists find

Unleashing a string of expletives might be the secret to hitting a…
Super Mario Bros.

Super Mario Bros. prescribed as ‘potent antidote’ for adults suffering burnout

Replaying familiar video games like Super Mario Bros. and Yoshi may help…
Gossiping AI chatbots.

‘Feral’ AI chatbots are spreading shame and destroying reputations

Artificial intelligence is evolving into a “feral” gossip machine capable of ruining…
Biological AI chips

New theory suggests AI may never be conscious without ‘biological’ chips

The debate over whether Artificial Intelligence can ever truly be conscious has…
Gun violence protests.

US politicians inhabit ‘parallel universes’ on X after mass shootings

Democratic congressmembers are more than three times as likely to post on…