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Three AI experts on how access to ChatGPT-style tech is about to change our world
When ChatGPT burst onto the technology world in November 2022, it gained 100 million users within just two months after its launch. The technology it…
3 years ago
Discovery: Biologists discovered a new species of tiny owl on the forested island of Príncipe, and it's already under threat
An international team of biologists has discovered a tiny new species of owl, called the Príncipe scops owl, living in a remote forest on an island o…
3 years ago
After oil: the challenge and promise of getting the world off fossil fuels
Our dependence on fossil fuels is one of the biggest challenges to overcome in the fight against climate change. But production and consumption of fo…
3 years ago
Loneliness is making us physically sick, but social prescribing can treat it
Social isolation and loneliness are increasingly becoming a societal problem, as they increase polarization and impact on our physical health. In 201…
3 years, 1 month ago
Lack of diversity in clinical trials is leaving minority patients behind and harming the future of medicine
Despite the many biological differences between people of different sexes, races, ages and life histories, chances are that if two people walk into a…
3 years, 1 month ago
Influencers are getting hired by smaller cities to attract new residents and generate revenue
During the COVID-19 pandemic, the demographics of cities shifted. As stay-at-home orders, remote work and bubbling reduced social interaction, and re…
3 years, 1 month ago
Beavers and oysters are helping restore lost ecosystems with their engineering skills
Whether you’re looking at tropical forests in Brazil, grasslands in California or coral reefs in Australia, it’s hard to find places where humanity h…
3 years, 1 month ago
Discovery: Secretly documenting starvation in the Warsaw Ghetto
During the years of suffering and tragedy that defined the Warsaw Ghetto in the midst of World War II, a team of Jewish doctors secretly documented t…
3 years, 1 month ago
Social welfare services are being cut across the world – but providing them is about more than just money
Across the globe, health-care workers have gone on strike to protest the stress placed on them by the global COVID-19 pandemic and economic downturn,…
3 years, 2 months ago
Discovery: Reindeer's fascinating color-changing eyes
Reindeer's noses may not glow red, but these cold-loving creatures have evolved the ability to change the color of their eyes to help them thrive in …
3 years, 2 months ago