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Two eggs laid by a pair of nesting bald eagles in California are the latest symbols of success for a once-threatened species life January 18, 2023 To spider wetzel Screenshot of a live stream of Jackie and Shadow bald eagles…

By overturning the idea that a chemical imbalance in the brain is behind depression, we are beginning to understand some of its mysteries and develop better treatments. mind January 18, 2023 To Claire Wilson Julia Neri Last year, one of…

Many bacteria form spores that can survive in the air and spread the microbes within the home even if its members are not familiar with each other. health January 18, 2023 To Claire Wilson People who live together may eat…

To Matthew Sparks man using phone PeopleImages/Getty Images The UK government’s long-awaited law, aimed at protecting people from “harmful” content on the internet, passed the House of Commons on January 17 and will be sent to the Senate for further…

How to reduce the size of artificial intelligence models by 60% can save huge amounts of energy and make them more accessible technology January 18, 2023 To Alex Wilkins AI like chatbots might be able to have AI that is…

like many PubPeer is like an anonymous place on the Internet. There, under a randomly assigned taxonomic name, Actinopolyspora visculensis (bacteria) and Hoya camphorifolia (flowering plant), “Detectives” meticulously record errors in the scientific literature. They write about all sorts of…

Ted Shepherd, a climate scientist at the University of Reading in the UK, knows what it’s like to just arrive at a ski resort and find that the snow is vacationing elsewhere. For Christmas he went to Switzerland with his…

Google used to keep its data center water usage secret, but recently revealed that it uses billions of liters each year. January 17, 2023 To Jeremy Hsu Pipes carrying water to and from Google’s data center in The Dalles, Oregon…

Ocean warming simulations show future ocean heatwaves lasting more than 13 days will kill all of the world’s common sea stars life January 18, 2023 To spider wetzel More extreme ocean heatwaves could drive common sea stars extinct by end…

In the task of switching between two sets of rules, 5-year-olds score high, while 4-year-olds and chimpanzees lag behind. mind January 18, 2023 To Luke Taylor Children ages 5 and up can easily switch focus from one task to another…