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AI cyberabuse: Are children facing the same threat as Taylor Swift?
In the wake of explicit deepfakes of pop singer Taylor Swift appearing on social media, education experts are urging parents to speak to their children about cyberbullying and ways to handle...
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Dress babies in layers to prevent hypothermia in winter
Infants in a pram should be well wrapped up to protect them from hypothermia, as babies lose heat faster than adults because their skin is particularly thin, according to health experts. The ratio of...
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A 365-million-year-old fish with an extreme underbite showcases vertebrate...
Vertebrates are defined as all animals that possess a vertebral column, or backbone. Most living vertebrates also possess jaws, teeth and paired fins or limbs.Fossils of the earliest vertebrates help...
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Neuralink has put its first chip in a human brain. What could possibly go wrong?
Earlier this week, Elon Musk announced his brain-computer interface company, Neuralink, had implanted a device in a human for the first time. The company’s PRIME study, approved by the US Food and...
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Virtual reality grooming is an increasing danger. How can parents keep...
Virtual reality (VR) headsets are increasingly popular among adults and children. They are part of extended reality environments, which “enable ever more realistic and immersive experiences”.VR...
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Ice and fire: Antarctic volcano may hold clues to life on Mars
On Deception Island in Antarctica, steam rises from the beaches, and glaciers dot the black slopes of what is actually an active volcano -- a rare clash of ice and fire that provides clues to...
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Orbital resonance − the striking gravitational dance done by planets with...
Planets orbit their parent stars while separated by enormous distances – in our solar system, planets are like grains of sand in a region the size of a football field. The time that planets take to...
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Animals keep eating precious plants – we used ‘smell misinformation’ to keep...
In places where we need to protect valuable plants – whether for ecological or economic reasons – local herbivores can cause significant damage.Current solutions often involve killing the problem...
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U.S. patient 'happy again' after brain implant treats epilepsy and OCD
PORTLAND, Ore. — Amber Pearson used to wash her hands until they bled, terrified by the idea of contamination from everyday items, a debilitating result of her obsessive compulsive disorder (OCD). But...
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Shark bites and deaths up even as species faces crisis: study
Shark bites and fatalities ticked up worldwide last year, with Australia accounting for a disproportionate number of deaths resulting from heightened contact with humans even as the ancient predators...
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Congressman off-base in ad claiming Fauci shipped COVID to Montana before the...
KFF Health News is a national newsroom that produces in-depth journalism about health issues and is one of the core operating programs at KFF — an independent source of health policy research,...
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Lunar science is entering a new active phase, with commercial launches of...
For the first time since 1972, NASA is putting science experiments on the Moon in 2024. And thanks to new technologies and public-private partnerships, these projects will open up new realms of...
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What do your blood test results mean? A toxicologist explains the basics
Your blood serves numerous roles to maintain your health. To carry out these functions, blood contains a multitude of components, including red blood cells that transport oxygen, nutrients and...
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Why do people and animals need to breathe? A biologist explains
Curious Kids is a series for children of all ages. If you have a question you’d like an expert to answer, send it to curiouskidsus@theconversation.com. Why do humans and animals have to breathe? –...
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Plan for Europe's huge new particle collider takes shape
Europe's CERN laboratory revealed more details Monday about its plans for a huge new particle accelerator that would dwarf the Large Hadron Collider (LHC), ramping up efforts to uncover the underlying...
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SpaceX launch set for NASA science probe once targeted by Trump
A NASA satellite that will look at the tiniest parts of the air and ocean is set for an overnight launch from the Space Coast after a years-long path to the launch pad that staved off repeated...
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Google Cache is dead — long live the Internet Archive
Google has discontinued one of its oldest services, one aimed at saving snapshots of websites in case one was somehow no longer viewable. The Google Cache website archive, which allowed users to...
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Exploring the planet's growing number of artificial islands
The Maldives is an archipelago that is constantly expanding, with new human-made islands being constantly added to the area's 1,192 natural islands. The latest and largest project is the Fari Islands...
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Category 6? Scientists highlight 'growing inadequacy' of current hurricane scale
Building on arguments and warnings that climate campaigners and experts have shared for years, a pair of scientists on Monday published a research article exploring the "growing inadequacy" of the...
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India's tigers climb high as climate, human pressure rises
Tigers in India have been photographed in high-altitude mountains rarely seen before, with experts suggesting relentless human pressure and a heating climate are driving them from traditional hunting...
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