The molecules that form the building blocks to life may be far more common in space than once thought, according to researchers from the Max Planck Institute. Their work, published in The Astrophysical Journal, reports the detection of over a dozen types of complex organic molecules swimming closely around a protostar in the constellation Orion, suggesting that the chemicals can …
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Scientists Find Secret Code in Human DNA
One person’s junk is another’s treasure. An international team of scientists have found that strings of “junk” DNA in the human genome that were previously written off as having no useful function are actually pretty important after all. The work, published as a study in the journal Science Advances, focuses on transposable elements, a class of DNA sequences that can …
Read More »AI Models Are Sending Disturbing “Subliminal” Messages to Each Other, Researchers Find
Alarming new research suggests that AI models can pick up “subliminal” patterns in training data generated by another AI that can make their behavior unimaginably more dangerous, The Verge reports. Worse still, these “hidden signals” appear completely meaningless to humans — and we’re not even sure, at this point, what the AI models are seeing that sends their behavior off …
Read More »Elon Musk opened a diner in Hollywood. What could go wrong? I went to find out | Los Angeles
It was just before lunchtime on its third day of operation, and the line outside Elon Musk’s new Tesla Diner in Hollywood already stretched to nearly 100 people. The restaurant has been billed as a “retro-futuristic” drive-in where you can grab a high-end burger and watch classic films on giant screens, all while charging your Tesla. After months of buildup …
Read More »Scientists Find Secret Code in Human DNA
Image by Getty / Futurism One person’s junk is another’s treasure. An international team of scientists have found that strings of “junk” DNA in the human genome that were previously written off as having no useful function are actually pretty important after all. The work, published as a study in the journal Science Advances, focuses on transposable elements, a class …
Read More »Scientists Find Evidence That Original Life on Earth Was Assembled From Material in Space
The molecules that form the building blocks to life may be far more common in space than once thought, according to researchers from the Max Planck Institute. Their work, published in The Astrophysical Journal, reports the detection of over a dozen types of complex organic molecules swimming closely around a protostar in the constellation Orion, suggesting that the chemicals can …
Read More »Astronomers Find Five Rocky Planets Around a Small Red Dwarf, Including a Super-Earth in the Habitable Zone
Finding an exoplanet in a star’s habitable zone always generates interest. Each of these planets has a chance, even if it’s an infinitesimal one, of hosting simple life. While the possibility of detecting life on these distant planets is remote, finding them still teaches us about exoplanet populations and solar system architectures. When TESS found three planets orbiting the M-dwarf …
Read More »What happens if an asteroid hits the moon? Astronomers are racing to find answers
Facebook Tweet Email Link The asteroid known as 2024 YR4 is out of sight yet still very much on scientists’ minds. The building-sized object, which initially appeared to be on a potential collision course with Earth, is currently zooming beyond the reach of telescopes on its orbit around the sun. But as scientists wait for it to reappear, its revised …
Read More »Scientists Find 2 Existing Drugs Can Reverse Alzheimer’s Brain Damage in Mice : ScienceAlert
In efforts to beat Alzheimer’s disease, researchers are looking at existing drugs that could tackle the condition, and a new study identifies two promising candidates that are currently used to treat cancer. Already approved by regulators in the US – meaning potential clinical trials for Alzheimer’s could start sooner – the drugs are letrozole (usually used to treat breast cancer) …
Read More »In Epstein, Democrats Find Weapon Against Trump and Republicans – The New York Times
In Epstein, Democrats Find Weapon Against Trump and Republicans The New York Times ‘The rule was going down’: Inside the House GOP’s Epstein meltdown Politico House panel directs chairman to subpoena Bill and Hillary Clinton in Epstein probe Fox News House Speaker Johnson says Jeffrey Epstein case is “not a hoax” CBS News Trump struggles to contain furor over Epstein as House lawmakers seek …
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