The Strange Musical Dynamics of Kilauea Volcano’s Lava Lake
Kilauea erupted slowly for ten years before exploding violently in 2018. New research sheds light on the volcano’s long-standing lava lake, which is one of…
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Mineral Deficiency
Mineral deficiency is a lack of dietary minerals, or micronutrients, which are required for an organism’s good health. A poor diet, decreased mineral uptake, or…
Earth and Venus Grew up to be Boisterous Planets
Using machine learning and simulations of massive impacts, researchers discovered that the planets in the inner solar system were most likely formed by repeated hit-and-run…
Climate Change Raises the Possibility of Tree Death
All of the carbon in trees and forests around the world could be released back into the atmosphere if they burn in a forest fire.…
Carvana to Cut 2,500 Staff As It Struggles With Overcapacity
The American used-car business Carvana, which garnered at least $9 million in venture funding before going public, announced 2,500 layoffs Thursday. The company’s “previously disclosed…
Pew Peeeeeeeeeeeeeew Physicists Create a Continuous Laser Made Of Fifth State of Matter
Lasers function by enabling the emission of electromagnetic radiation with a certain wavelength, which results in the production of coherent light waves. The underlying reality…
The Eliza Effect How a Chatbot Convinced People It Was Real Way Back In The 1960s
After growing persuaded that the company’s Language Model for Dialogue Applications (LaMDA) had developed sentience, a senior software developer at Google was last week placed…
These Demogorgon-Like Lizards Flare Their Cheek Flaps to Intimidate, Not Impress
In order to attract a partner, animals may contort their bodies into all sorts of strange shapes (have you ever seen Brits dance abroad?), and…
Why Pluto’s Moon Charon Wears a Red Cap
We didn’t discover as much about Charon as we did about Pluto because New Horizons never approached Charon as closely. A crimson “cap” at the…
The Fanciest Pet Fish Around Is Worth $300,000
There are quite a few opulent indulgences available for $300,000. However, a rare exotic fish known as the Asian arowana is a pricey indulgence that…
Nothing to Worry about Dall-E Has Created a New Cryptid Named Crungus
Last month, an artificial intelligence (AI) researcher made headlines when he claimed that Dall-E 2, a text-to-image converter, had developed its own hidden language. Another…
NASA’s Huge Moon Rocket Passed a Major Fuel Test, Despite Leak
The Space Launch System, NASA’s massive Moon rocket, is responsible for the agency’s return to the Moon (SLS). The agency has been completing the final…
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