New insights into an unexplained anomaly in the Earth’s magnetic field that occurred 3,000 years ago have been brought to light through the examination of Bronze Age clay bricks inscribed with the names of Mesopotamian kings that ruled during the era. The timing of the anomaly also allowed historians toread more
In a case that seems for all the world like a silicon-based ouroboros, the unprecedented proliferation of AI-generated material on the internet could result in the rapid disintegration of the quality of the output of AI that trains itself on this synthetic content—an effect dubbed ‘model collapse’ by the researchersread more
Half of the world’s economies are at least five years past their peak fossil fuel usage for power generation, according to a new study, with 107 of the countries surveyed burning less coal, oil and gas to produce electricity than they were between five and 23 years ago, resulting inread more
NOAA’s Space Weather Prediction Center (SWPC) has revised their forecast for the upcoming maximum for solar cycle 25, now expected to peak at some point before October of next year instead of sometime in 2025; additionally, next year’s maximum will be much “stronger” than what was previously expected. Although NOAA’sread more