Tag: Quantum Stuff

February 7, 2025 2 min read Why This AI Gazes into Goat Faces AI-based systems can help identify livestock’s early signs of distress By Lucy Tu edited by Sarah Lewin Frasier Nitin Prabhudesai/Getty Images The patient grumbled and grimaced, but he refused to speak to his doctor. The patient was a goat. Recognizing animal pain… Continue reading Why This AI Gazes into Goat Faces

February 7, 2025 3 min read Trump Halts Funding to Build More Electric Vehicle Chargers Nationwide The Trump administration has halted funding for a $5-billion program that Congress created to help states build out their electric vehicle charging network By Mike Lee & E&E News An electric vehicle at an Electrify America charging station in… Continue reading Trump Halts Funding to Build More Electric Vehicle Chargers Nationwide

February 7, 2025 4 min read Professional Soccer Players May Demonstrate Exceptional Cognitive Control Top soccer players demonstrate superlative cognitive abilities for strategizing and situational awareness By Christiane Gelitz & Gary Stix edited by Dean Visser Soccer fans sometimes imagine that they themselves could potentially perform at the highest levels of the sport, just like… Continue reading Professional Soccer Players May Demonstrate Exceptional Cognitive Control

What We’ve Learned about Superstrong Shrimp, How Deep Canyons Formed on the Moon, and What Bonobos Know In this week’s roundup, we’re reviewing some animal research, the latest on bird flu and the burden of microplastics on our brain. By Rachel Feltman, Naeem Amarsy & Fonda Mwangi Anaissa Ruiz Tejada/Scientific American [CLIP: Theme music]Rachel Feltman:… Continue reading Moon Canyons, Super-Strong Shrimp and Microplastics in the Brain

February 10, 2025 2 min read Coffee Boosts Beneficial Gut Bacterium Researchers found a strong connection between coffee and the gut microbiome By Maggie Chen edited by Sarah Lewin Frasier The thought of a steaming cup of coffee helps to pull many people worldwide out of bed in the morning. Scientists have consistently linked this… Continue reading Coffee Boosts Beneficial Gut Bacterium

I like to tell my undergraduates that hormones predispose organisms, including people, to shift their energy among different life goals. When we become parents, hormones help redirect energy from mating to parenting. That being said, most male mammals don’t get involved in parenting, but there are some important exceptions. For humans, we know that women… Continue reading Men Are More Prepared for Fatherhood Than We Think

Greg Herbruck knew 6.5 million of his birds needed to die, and fast. But the CEO of Herbruck’s Poultry Ranch wasn’t sure how the family egg producer (one of the largest in the U.S., in business for over three generations) was going to get through it, financially or emotionally. One staffer broke down in Herbruck’s… Continue reading Why the Egg Industry Is Losing the Battle with Bird Flu

CLIMATEWIRE | The Trump administration is looking to halve the NOAA workforce, say two former officials of the agency, a member of Congress and a congressional staff member. The draconian cut, they say — which would reduce the number of NOAA employees from about 12,000 to 6,000 — threatens to cripple an agency that provides… Continue reading Trump Team Looks to Drastically Cut Weather and Climate Agency

February 10, 2025 3 min read Google’s AI Can Beat the Smartest High Schoolers in Math Google’s AlphaGeometry2 AI reaches the level of gold-medal students in the International Mathematical Olympiad By Davide Castelvecchi & Nature magazine Google DeepMind’s AI AlphaGeometry2 aced problems set at the International Mathematical Olympiad. Wirestock, Inc./Alamy Stock Photo A year ago… Continue reading Google’s AI Can Beat the Smartest High Schoolers in Math