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Microsoft has created a series of tests for OpenAI's GPT-4 that it claims show the artificial intelligence model is already displaying "sparks" of general intelligence

Proteins found in tardigrades could be used to stabilize drugs that would otherwise need refrigeration.

Men are more likely to have a dysregulated HPA axis that is associated with depressive symptoms, while women have higher levels of binding proteins for stress hormones that may prevent dysregulation of the HPA axis. The ...

AI-generated arguments about controversial, hot-button political topics can change people's positions on issues.

When a parent experiences guilt as a symptom of depression while their child is an infant, it can trigger depression in the other parent and ultimately impact the child's emotional development.

The connections between different regions of the brain responsible for language processing depend on which language you grew up with.

Researchers have developed a new 3D, high-resolution model of the CA1 area of the human hippocampus.

Heat waves are reaching the bottoms of Earth's oceans, and that could be a big problem for the creatures that live there.

Blind people are better than sighted people at sensing their own heartbeat, a new study reveals. The findings suggest those who are blind have a heightened ability to feel signals from inside their bodies than those who ...

This rare video, showing two megamouth sharks swimming off the coast of San Diego, is scientists' 'only knowledge' of the sharks' social lives.

When dieting, hunger-mediating AgRP neurons receive stronger signals, inducing synaptic plasticity. This may explain why people tend to eat more after a diet and regain the weight they have lost.

A severe geomagnetic storm from a huge hole in the sun's corona caused a massive disturbance in Earth's magnetic field. The surprise event sparked auroras as far south as Alabama and northern California.

Researchers have discovered a way to "translate" quantum information between different kinds of quantum technologies, with significant implications for quantum computing, communication, and networking.

A new study estimates that bacteria on meat may be responsible for a significant number of urinary tract infections in the U.S.

The modern world runs on electricity, and wires are what carry that electricity to every light, television, heating system, cellphone and computer on the planet. Unfortunately, on average, about 5% of the power generated...

Today, at the Moriond conference, the ATLAS and CMS collaborations have both presented the observation of a very rare process: the simultaneous production of four top quarks. They were observed using data from collisions...

A device that is worn around the forearm reduces anxiety during stressful tasks by gently dragging a small patch of fake fur across a person's skin

The Freshwater Challenge is a pledge for nations across the world to restore 300,000 kilometres of rivers and 350 million hectares of wetlands by 2030. Environmental groups are unhappy the UK hasn't signed up

There may have been more than one way to bring the biblical Goliath down, but David chose to attack using a small stone with a slingshot.

A specific pathway of nerves and cells that link the gut to the brain may be responsible for chronic gut pain. Chronic gut pain is commonly associated with IBS, and mental health disorders including anxiety and depressio...

When mice lose weight, brain signals that trigger hunger are dialed up, making the animals eat more until they return to their starting weight

Child offenders as young as 12 have been given GPS ankle tags as part of a scheme introduced for England and Wales by the UK's Ministry of Justice