(via Big Think) Our culture has atomized: We’re all on our own with our phones, laptops, and digital media experiences. No one knows what everyone else is seeing. In some ways, these technologies have ...

(via Sabine Hossenfelder) In the past few days we have seen a lot of rumours about troubles with AI scaling. In this video, I have a brief summary of recent events, who said what, and why I don't ...

Jade from Up and Atom explains the Curie temperature.

Teenage mutant ninja turtles may not lurk in city sewers worldwide, but fatbergs do. These conglomerations of non-biodegradable solids, fat, oil and grease form rock-like masses, which cling to and ...

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Most people don’t enjoy getting shots for treatments or vaccines. So, researchers are working to create more medicines, such as those made from messenger RNA (mRNA), that can be sprayed and inha ...

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American adults over the age of 40 could expect to live an extra five years if they were as active as the top 25 percent most physically active Americans, according to a study published on Thursday in ...

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The Australian government is developing legislation that will ban children under 16 from social media. There has been a huge public debate about whether there is sufficient direct evidence of harm to ...

When the bright star Betelgeuse explodes, it will be an impressive sight. The stellar explosion, known as a supernova, will be brighter than any planet and almost as bright as the full moon. It will ...