A new study is warning that fresh water from melting ice in Antarctica is slowing ocean currents in the Southern Ocean that encircles the southern continent, and is in danger of completely collapsing, much like its counterpart in the North Atlantic. The study’s models predict that the currents thereread more
An up close look at a molecule found in every biological cell on Planet Earth has revealed a molecular ability to sense magnetic fields; a skill common to almost all animal life on earth, including people. During a study of the magnetic-reception capabilities of fruit flies, an international team ofread more
The first cadre of internet users lined up to use the ChatGPT OpenAI language model that Microsoft added to their Bing search engine were granted access to the new chatbot/search engine, and many of them have already managed to prompt the ‘bot into responding with silly, strange, inaccurate and sometimesread more
The Singularity: a point in humanity’s future where technological growth has exceeded our ability to control its development, quite probably facilitated through the actions of a runaway artificial intelligence seeking to improve its own capabilities and knowledge. While no one knows when—or even if—this hypothetical event will occur, there isread more