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Mar 17, 2024

IceCube observes seven exotic ‘ghost particles’

Posted by in category: particle physics

A new kind of astrophysical messenger.

Mar 17, 2024

Neutron Stars are More Bizarre Than You Think

Posted by in category: alien life

Step into the enigmatic realm of neutron stars, where the universe showcases its extremes. This documentary-style video guides you through the life and legacy of neutron stars, the dense remnants left by supernovae, the explosive deaths of massive stars. We delve into the heart of these cosmic enigmas, exploring how they compress more mass than the sun into a sphere just kilometers across, resulting in densities and gravitational fields almost beyond comprehension. Discover the peculiarities of neutron star phenomena, such as pulsars that beam radio waves across the cosmos and magnetars with magnetic fields trillion times stronger than Earth’s.

Mar 17, 2024

Designer immune-cell therapy could shrink deadly brain tumors, early trials show

Posted by in categories: biotech/medical, neuroscience

Two early clinical trials that together included nine patients suggest that a treatment called CAR-T therapy could treat glioblastoma, but its long-term effects are unknown.

Mar 17, 2024

Wikipedia No Longer Considers CNET a “Generally Reliable” Source After AI Scandal

Posted by in category: robotics/AI

Conversations between Wikipedia editors following CNET’s AI scandal reflect the reputational hazards of AI content and dubious ownership.

Mar 17, 2024

Extreme treatment for alcoholism slashes drinking by 90% in monkeys

Posted by in categories: biotech/medical, chemistry, neuroscience

According to the CDC, more than 140,000 Americans are dying each year from alcohol-related causes, and the rate of deaths has been rising for years, especially during the pandemic.

The idea: For occasional drinkers, alcohol causes the brain to release more dopamine, a chemical that makes you feel good. Chronic alcohol use, however, causes the brain to produce, and process, less dopamine, and this persistent dopamine deficit has been linked to alcohol relapse.

There is currently no way to reverse the changes in the brain brought about by AUD, but a team of US researchers suspected that an in-development gene therapy for Parkinson’s disease might work as a dopamine-replenishing treatment for alcoholism, too.

Mar 17, 2024

Love Languages Are Fake, Scientists Say

Posted by in category: futurism

The concept of “love languages” has had a vice grip on pop psychology for decades — and now, some scientists are calling bull.

Mar 17, 2024

Coal Plants Staying Online Because AI Needs So Much Power

Posted by in category: robotics/AI

These data centers are even more power hungry than traditional ones, and as every tech company pivots to AI, the energy demand steepens.

Mar 16, 2024

Earth’s Oldest Fossilized Forest Has Been Hiding Its Bizarre Trees For 390 Million Years

Posted by in category: futurism

The highest sea cliffs in England have been hiding the oldest fossilized forest yet found on planet Earth. The long-lost ecosystem’s palm-like trees, called Calamophytons, are 390 million years old.

That’s roughly three or four million years older than the previous record holder, found across the Atlantic in New York State.

In southwest England, the red sandstone rock face where scientists found the imprints of logs, roots, and twigs was once considered “barren of trace fossils”

Mar 16, 2024

KaistAI/Semiparametric_Token-Sequence_Co-Supervision

Posted by in category: space

“Semiparametric Token-Sequence Co-Supervision”

We introduce semiparametric token-sequence co-supervision, which trains LM by simultaneously leveraging supervision from a parametric token and a nonparametric sequence embedding space.

✅ Paper: https://arxiv.org/abs/2403.09024 ✅ Code: https://avatars.githubusercontent.com/u/44370759?s=64&v=4

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Mar 16, 2024

Fantastic Jet Set Radio Animated Cover That Can Fool Your Eye

Posted by in category: futurism

Real After Effects magic.