Research, climate change, and environmental issues.
After months of recovery from cold shock, 19 sea turtles have been returned to the Atlantic Ocean off Jacksonville, Florida. The loggerheads and Kemp’s ridleys were flown from the New England Aquarium in Boston to Missouri in December. They were cold-stunned, a perilous condition when ocean temperatures plummet too rapidly and turtles are too sluggish to swim, feed, or escape predators….
Most AI experts are now convinced that scaling up current large language models (LLMs) is not sufficient to achieve artificial general intelligence (AGI), the level at which machines are capable of reasoning and learning as a humans. In a new survey of 475 AI experts, 76% responded that it’s “unlikely” or “very unlikely” that existing approaches will…
Skygazers in the Northern Hemisphere are in for a treat this weekend — a partial solar eclipse will be visible in Europe, eastern North America, western Africa, and northern Asia on Saturday. Whereas in a complete eclipse, this will not hide the sun totally; the moon instead will sit somewhat in front of the sun…
NASA’s James Webb Space Telescope has given the world its closest view yet of Neptune’s shining auroras. It photographed glimmering lights in infrared for the first time, confirming what scientists have long suspected since the late 1980s. The auroras of the planet were originally weakly seen in ultraviolet light by Voyager 2 when it flew…
What if the waste from sugar production could be used to improve gut health and replace plastic? That’s exactly what a team of researchers in Denmark is working on. Its early results suggest it could be a game-changer. Using new enzyme-based technology, scientists can now separate the different fiber types in sugar beet pulp. It’s the plant…
Coca-Cola is pushing vending technology to new heights with its hydrogen-powered vending machine that does not require being plugged into a wall socket. The company will be installing 58 of these machines at the 2025 World Expo in Osaka, Japan, which opens to the public on April 13, 2025. This new technology has the potential to…
The presence of a toxic and invasive pufferfish further north into the Mediterranean has been alarming experts. On May 13, 2024, researchers discovered a silver-cheeked toadfish (Lagocephalus sceleratus) in the Bay of Medulin, located in Croatia’s northern Adriatic Sea. This fish was a male measuring 522 mm in length and weighing 1.33 kg, caught at…
A new long-term study from The Holden Arboretum reveals just how devastating beech leaf disease (BLD) has become. After tracking 263 American beech trees over a 10-year period, researchers found that 30% have died since the disease appeared in northeast Ohio in 2014, with the worst impacts coming in the last three years. “We saw an exponential…
In a story that began over a decade ago and only recently found its breakthrough. Back in 2013, scientists exploring the Clarion-Clipperton zone of the Pacific Ocean dropped a lander system 4,000 meters below the surface. When it returned, it brought back bubbles which was strange and unexpected. But instead of digging deeper, the team…
Artificial intelligence keeps getting more powerful—but there’s a catch. As models get bigger and smarter, they need to move massive amounts of data, and that uses up a ton of energy. Now, a team of researchers from Columbia Engineering and Cornell University has come up with a solution: a tiny 3D chip that can transfer…
