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Put down those carrots – scientists have created infrared contact lenses which allow wearers…

A first-of-its-kind analysis of Hawaiian volcanic rocks has revealed that the Earth’s core…

A hawk in New Jersey has been seen using a clever, urban hunting strategy: taking sound cues from traffic signals to exploit cars for cover, before striking prey.

The hawk first crossed paths with zoologist Vladimir Dinets on a crisp,…

Large language models like ChatGPT and LLaMA have become known for their fluent, sometimes eerily human-like responses. However, they also have a well-documented problem of confidently producing information that is outright wrong. A new…

Although volcanic eruptions are mostly known for their devastating impacts on land, they also influence the atmosphere in surprising ways. Particles that are catapulted into the sky by eruptions can alter the composition of clouds, cooling the…

While we might not realize it, when it comes to deciding which people we trust more, we tend to lean towards people who grew up poor, according to a new study, published in the Journal of Personality and Social Psychology by the American…

Sloths once came in a variety of sizes and lived in multiple settings in many parts of the world. A study in the journal Science examined sloth evolution over the past 35 million years, investigated multiple factors driving their growth and…

About 5,000 years ago, a bacterium that was primarily transmitted via ticks made a switch to louse. That may have been a strategic evolutionary opportunity, since the change from tick to louse as a vector coincided with human adaptation of wool…

For years, questions about whether 5G is safe or not have circulated, especially during the pandemic when conspiracy theories tied the technology to everything from health problems to global infections. Now, new research aims to lay…

Out of 186 countries, only Guyana produces enough food to self-sufficiently feed all its citizens without foreign imports, according to new research.

The study, published in Nature Food, investigated how well each country could feed their…