Neuroscientists taught rats to drive tiny cars. They took them out on ‘joy rides.’
We crafted our very first rodent vehicle from a plastic cereal container. After experimentation, my coworkers and I discovered that rats might find out to drive forward by understanding a…
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Large language models not fit for real-world use, scientists warn — even slight changes cause their world models to collapse
Neural networks that underpin LLMs may not be as clever as they appear. ( Image credit: Yurchanka Siarhei/Shutterstock) Generative expert system (AI)systems might have the ability to produce some mind-blowing…
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Cantor’s giant softshell turtle: The frog-faced predator that spends 95% of its time completely motionless
Call: Cantor’s huge softshell turtle(Pelochelys cantorii Where it lives: Rivers in South and Southeast Asia What it consumes: Fish, shellfishes, mollusks, frogs, pests, birds, little mammals Why it’s remarkable: Cantor’s…
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These are the lasting things that Half-Life 2 gave us, besides headcrabs and crowbars
Beyond the video game itself (which rocks), Half-Life 2 had a huge effect on PC video gaming. This short article becomes part of our 20th anniversary of Half-Life 2 series….
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Meet FRED: The world’s 1st-ever, nearly complete fossil database
Fossils in the FRED database period types and time. (Image credit: GNS Science) New Zealand is the only nation worldwide that has a basically total, open-access database of its recognized…
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A lot of people are mistaking Elon Musk’s Starlink satellites for UAPs
That’s simply Elon Lots of UAP cases have proven descriptions as aircrafts, drones, or satellites, and legislators argue AARO may be able to resolve more of the cases with more…
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Under Right Conditions, Laser Beam Can Cast Shadow
In a brand-new paper released today in the journal Opticaphysicists explain how a laser beam can be made to cast a shadow that acts as any other regular shadow. Photographic…
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The best value rowing machine we’ve ever tested now has a $101 saving in this early Black Friday deal
If you’re in the marketplace for a rowing device that will not spend a lot or use up excessive flooring area when not in usage, the ProForm 750R is an…
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35,000-year-old saber-toothed kitten with preserved whiskers pulled from permafrost in Siberia
Scientists have actually pulled the mummy of a newborn saber-toothed feline that passed away a minimum of 35,000 years earlier from Siberia’s permafrost– and the kitty still has its hairs…
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‘Another piece of the puzzle’: Antarctica’s 1st-ever amber fossil sheds light on dinosaur-era rainforest that covered South Pole 90 million years ago
Scientist discovered Antarctica’s very first piece of amber in sediment cores gathered from the seafloor off the icy continent’s coast. (Image credit: Alfred-Wegener-Institut/ V. Schumacher) For the very first time,…
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