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Paywall science predicament: AI answers often skew toward misinformation
When researchers Matthew Magnani of the University of Maine and Jon Clindaniel of the University of Chicago tried prompting ChatGPT ...
Can we ‘recharge’ our cells to rewind the aging clock? Scientists think so
Think of cells as the biological answer to battery-powered electronics. Mitochondria are the batteries that supply them with enough energy to keep going. ...
More than ¼ of Americans live with chronic pain. There may be a neurological ‘off button’ to block it
Arthritis. Endometriosis. Fibromyalgia. Multiple Sclerosis. Postherpetic neuralgia. Sometimes, chronic pain doesn’t even come with a diagnosis, but is the aftermath of ...
Are human’s 5 senses the optimal number to interpret the world or might evolution provide better tools over time?
Animal senses—including sight, hearing, touch, taste, and smell—are a masterwork of evolution, enabling an untold number of species to navigate the ...
Bio-based UV filter extracted from onions could replace petroleum in solar cells, improving solar tech sustainability
Solar power is one of the best tools in humanity’s decarbonization toolbox, but even these green energy technologies aren’t 100 percent sustainable. For ...
Directed evolution: We can now speed up evolution inside human cells by decades
Inspired by the generative abilities of AI, directed evolution, a biological system that works much like machine learning, can actually be ...
‘True intelligence’: What is AI ‘height dimension’ and its reach for human-like higher level thinking
[A]rtificial intelligence systems could truly become more like human brains, and some researchers believe they know how: AI design must ...
Missing teeth? A drug that that spurs regrowth shows promise
Teeth ... are not bones. Although they’re made of some of the same stuff and are the hardest material in ...
Why consciousness? Understanding the evolution of human intelligence helps inform the future of AI
Neuropsychologists argue consciousness is not result of evolution of the central nervous system, but arose for humans to better communicate ...
Forensic genealogy: How new advances in DNA analysis can help solve decades-old cold cases
A new method for solving forensic genetic puzzles is ten times faster than the current method investigators use to solve ...
Harvard astronomer makes case that aliens created our universe in a lab
Could our universe have been created in a petri dish? Avi Loeb seems to think so. The Harvard astronomer posits that a higher “class” ...
‘Injury-healing pill’ that halts naturally degenerative effects of aging? US Defense Department launches human performance nutraceutical tests
U.S. Special Operations Command (SOCOM), the organization that administers America’s Spec Ops forces, says it will soon start clinical trials ...
Planet of the Apes redux? Human brain gene inserted into monkey fetuses enlarged their brains, raising ethical concerns
Researchers from Germany’s Max Planck Institute of Molecular Cell Biology and Genetics in Germany and Japan’s Central Institute for Experimental ...
23andMe just used your genetic data to create a drug for psoriasis
Of the genetic testing company's more than 10 million users, a vast majority have consented to have their DNA used in ...
Deeper understanding of our ‘sense of touch’ could lead to better prostheses
Imagine you’re holding a pen by the tip-side in between your thumb and index finger. You close your eyes and ...
Human-animal chimeric embryos in Japan: Growing human pancreas in a rat, suitable for transplant
The Japanese government is granting its support to a scientist working to create animal embryos that contain human cells, and ...
How a single amoeba could ‘change the face of computing forever’
A group of researchers from Tokyo’s Keio University set out to use an amoeba to solve the Traveling Salesman Problem, a famous ...
3 ways artificial intelligence is tackling cancer
Case Study 1: The Sharing Project … [Jinghui Zhang wondered] how much faster cancer research could move if data sets ...
FitBit for cows: Biohacker invents implanted sensor that tracks livestock health in real time
Though they look indistinguishable from the other cows on a dairy farm in Utah, three cyborg cows with implanted sensors ...
Video: Biohacker documents his own DIY gene therapy
DIY gene therapy is far from the mainstream, but the numbers of people who are attempting to genetically engineer their ...
Rewriting human history: Fossils discovered in Israel suggest earlier departure from Africa
A small bit of human jawbone found in Israel has been dated to between 177,000 and 194,000 years ago. Before ...
Video: Combating aging in our lifetime
[A] new video from Kurzgesagt presents several technologies close to completion that could make a big impact on how we ...
Video: Genetically modified pollinating cyborg dragonfly drone takes flight
[Editor's note: As has been previously reported, these dragonflies could be used for artificial pollination.] A new experiment bypasses the ...
3D printer fashions functional human muscle, cartilage, and bone
The GLP aggregated and excerpted this blog/article to reflect the diversity of news, opinion and analysis. A team of biomedical ...