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A new technique to measure starspots could help test stellar magnetism theories and improve our understanding of habitable zones.

Can an early introduction to basic astronomy knowledge help solve the root cause of ignorance and human suffering?

One of the most awaited events in modern astronomy may be upon us shortly, according to experts.

Our immune systems are at war with cancer. This animation reveals how monoclonal antibodies can act as valuable reinforcements to shore up our defences – and help battle cancer.

You can find more on this topic at http://www.nature.com/milestones/antibodies.

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Psychiatrists and other behavioral health professionals need to better understand the relationship between cannabis and mental disorders so that they can respond to increasing medical and recreational marijuana use among their patients. More than half of states now allow for medical use, and 8 states and the District of Columbia have legalized adult personal or recreational use.

Knowledge about herbal cannabis, the endocannabinoid system, and cannabinoid pharmacology is rapidly expanding. However, compared with the literature on non-medical cannabis use, the scientific literature on therapeutic use of cannabis is underdeveloped, as noted in a recent systematic review of medical cannabis and mental health.¹ Although herbal cannabis has a long history of medicinal use, its federal prohibition under the Controlled Substances Act of 1970 with Drug Enforcement Administration Schedule I status has focused the federally supported cannabis research agenda for half a century on the potential harms rather than on the historically acknowledged therapeutic benefits of this complex plant.

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Since its launch in November by San Francisco-based OpenAI, ChatGPT has taken the world by storm. The conversational chatbot can code, write essays, and even function as a search engine, among other tasks.

But this isn’t some futuristic vision of what ChatGPT will do. The business world has already bought in when it comes to AI in general, and ChatGPT in particular.

“It can create anything that we thought thus far was unique to human intelligence or creativity, whether that is interacting with us in a chatbot form, whether that is generating new content, whether it’s images, video,” Nina Schick, adviser, speaker, and A.I. thought leader, recently told Yahoo Finance.

Is “Judgment Day” here? Hong Kong scientists bridged the gap between sci-fi and real life after creating a robot that can transform from solid to liquid like a real-life T-1000 robot from “Terminator 2.” A studying the cybernetic shapeshifter was published last month in the journal Matter.

Summary: REM sleep is 30 minutes longer in Winter than in Summer for most people, a new study reveals.

Source: Frontiers.

Whether we’re night owls or morning larks, our body clocks are set by the sun.

Summary: Researchers are turning to artificial intelligence to find novel drugs that can block kappa opioid receptors with the hope to alleviate opioid addiction.

Source: Biophysical Society.

Approximately three million Americans suffer from opioid use disorder, and every year more than 80,000 Americans die from overdoses.