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A new study finds that the storytelling board game Dixit may help people with autism express their thoughts and emotions. By selecting from illustrated cards, players can convey personal experiences and discuss complex t...

As the focus on energy resiliency and competitiveness increases, the development of advanced materials for next-generation, commercial fusion reactors is gaining attention. A recent paper published in the journal Current...

Adding a dash of good 'ol fashioned AI to today's algorithms might bring about AI's third wave. The post Neurosymbolic AI Could Be the Answer to Hallucination in Large Language Models appeared first on SingularityHub.

In a groundbreaking study, researchers have engineered fruit flies that voluntarily consume cocaine, creating the first fly model for cocaine addiction. Typically, flies avoid the drug due to its bitter taste, but by dis...

The "Ice Prince" burial sheds light on a toddler from a wealthy family who lived around 1,350 years ago in Bavaria, Germany.

As warmer waters and ocean acidification reduce coral formation, the seas will take up more carbon dioxide - an effect that hasn't been included in climate models

As AI becomes more integrated into daily life, researchers are investigating whether emotional attachment to AI mirrors human interpersonal relationships. A new study from Japan introduces a scale to assess how people fo...

A new study reveals that adolescents who identify as "night owls" tend to be more impulsive than their early-rising peers. These teens reported higher negative urgency and lower perseverance, meaning they were more likel...

June's full 'Strawberry Moon' will be at its fullest on Wednesday, June 11, but the best time to see it will be at dusk on Tuesday, June 10.

A new study explores how the brain quickly learns and remembers important locations by focusing not on excitatory neurons, but on inhibitory ones called parvalbumin interneurons (PVs). These PVs act like circuit breakers...

Researchers from the University of Waterloo have achieved a feat previously thought to be impossible--getting a sphere to roll down a totally vertical surface without applying any external force.

Microwaves can control a single quantum bit more precisely than ever before, creating a device similar to a quantum transistor - and potentially making quantum computers more reliable

New Balance 1080 v14: minor tweaks make an already great all-rounder an even better everyday shoe.

Gold mining in the Amazon removes so much water from the ground that it's too hot and dry for seedlings to survive.

Italy's Mount Etna has erupted in spectacular fashion, sending ash, gas, and other volcanic material high into the sky above Sicily. Watch footage of the eruption.

Researchers from the RIKEN Center for Quantum Computing and Huazhong University of Science and Technology have conducted a theoretical analysis demonstrating how a "topological quantum battery"--an innovative device that...

Cosmic rays are high-energy particles from outer space that strike Earth's atmosphere, generating showers of secondary particles, such as muons, that can reach the planet's surface. In recent years, ground-based experime...

User reviews of Replika, a popular AI companion, report they had been victims of sexual harassment. And some of those users claim to be minors, according to a new study.

Pounding on the bottom of a glass bottle of ketchup is one of life's small annoyances. Getting that sweet, red concoction from its solid phase to a liquid takes too long when you're hungry and could even require messy st...

Physicists at ETH Zurich have developed a lens that can transform infrared light into visible light by halving the wavelength of incident light. The study is published in Advanced Materials.

One of the smallest image stabilized binoculars out there, but is the Kenko VC Smart Cellarto 10x30 WP a big deal for wildlife watchers and stargazers alike?

Researchers from the University of Rochester and University of California, Santa Barbara, engineered a laser device smaller than a penny that they say could power everything from the LiDAR systems used in self-driving ve...