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French scientist Marcel Gauthier conducted a study that showed the risks of excessive “workaholism.” Too much hard work and studying can provoke an accelerated reduction in telomere length, which leads to early cell aging. In a published by The Lancet, Gauthier spoke about the study conducted with his colleagues. They studied the physiological parameters of […]
ChatGPT versions 3.5 and 4 have been shown to be as good at determining the calorie and nutrient content of food products as professional nutritionists. Although algorithms cannot replace doctors, scientists believe that the technology will be useful as an auxiliary tool for people who monitor the amount of energy and nutrients they consume. The […]
Artificial pain sensors developed by scientists helped robots avoid damage caused by collisions with objects. The sensors measured the force from the impact and transmitted signals to the robot’s motion control system, which helped it learn to interact more carefully with things that could cause damage. The development was reported by New Scientist. To allow […]
A strange yellow spider-like creature with four almost black eyes and large bulbous claws was pulled from the depths of the ocean near Antarctica. The never-before-seen animal, a sea spider, is a distant relative of horseshoes and arachnids that live on the ocean floor, eat with a straw-like proboscis instead of a mouth, and breathe […]
Scientists are successfully using virtual reality systems to study the brain activity of mice. This is stated in a study in the journal Neuron. A team from Northwestern University has developed a special kind of virtual reality goggles that can be placed on a mouse’s face and most of its body. This allows you to […]
On Friday, the world’s largest experimental fusion reactor was inaugurated in Japan. This technology is still in its infancy, but some consider it to be the answer to the future energy needs of humanity. Fusion differs from fission, the method currently used in nuclear power plants, in that it involves the fusion of two atomic […]
Prophetic, founded earlier this year, is entering a new market for the unconscious with an innovative headgear called “Halo” that will allow you to induce lucid dreaming. This was reported by Science Alert. Lucid dreaming is a state of being aware that you are dreaming during your sleep cycle and being able to control or […]
Despite centuries of research, the natural world never ceases to amaze scientists: every now and then they discover new species and learn something unusual about them. Researchers have discovered something surprising about another species that can be easily confused with a flower, Science writes. The orchid mantis (Hymenopus coronatus) looks so much like a flower […]
A team of Zaira rangers, a mammologist from the University of Melbourne, and a college professor from the National University of the Solomon Islands have taken the first and only photographs of the rare Wangunu giant rat. In their project, which is reported in the journal Ecology and Evolution, the group set camera traps with […]
A recent study conducted at the Perelman School of Medicine at the University of Pennsylvania has shown that lidocaine, a common local anesthetic, has cancer-fighting properties. The study shows the ability of lidocaine to cause cancer cell death by activating bitter taste receptors, in particular through such unique mechanisms as mitochondrial calcium ion overload and […]