The Los Angeles river, with the downtown LA skyline in the distance Ekaterina Chizhevskaya/Getty Images In 2023, a parade of atmospheric rivers brought months of heavy precipitation to much of California, filling reservoirs and raising snowpack far above average levels. This flood of water was a major relief after nearly two decades of drought. But…
A Eurasian beaver that was reintroduced in Devon, UK Nature Picture Library/Alamy Between 1990 and 2014, forests in Europe expanded by 13 million hectares, an area roughly equivalent to the size of Greece – but that came with a cost. Crops consumed in the European Union had to be grown somewhere, so, in other countries…
You always have room for a sugary treat MarioGuti/iStockphoto/Getty Images Even after eating a large meal, most people can still find room for sweets. Now, research in mice shows that the neurons responsible for feelings of fullness are also those that trigger sugar cravings. In other words, there seems to be a neurological basis for…
So far the array has been tested in rats, with a version for dogs coming later, Lavella says. In a demo video viewed exclusively by WIRED, a Canaery scientist uses a wand to capture an air sample from four different petri dishes, each containing a different odorant. The wand beeps and sends the odor molecules…
Are we losing critical thinking skills to artificial intelligence? Naeblys/Alamy Generative AI tools can limit users’ critical thinking when doing tasks. People using generative AI also think less critically when they trust the AI to do a task, such as developing an argument for a paper or presentation. The researchers behind the findings say the…
18 hours ago Alice Cuddy Tel Aviv Orly Gilboa says her daughter Daniella was only properly fed in the months before release. Parents of four young female Israeli hostages freed from Hamas captivity in Gaza have told the BBC about how their daughters were abused, including being starved, intimidated and threatened by armed men, and…
Quantum batteries could charge much faster than standard devices pinkeyes/Shutterstock An experimental but fully functioning quantum battery system may have helped nudge the technology a small step closer to real-world applications. The quantum devices can charge and discharge a little like standard batteries, but the process gets faster as you make the quantum battery larger.…
Reviving samples of mouse brain could bring us closer to freezing whole brains BSIP SA / Alamy Slices of mouse brain that were kept at -150°C for up to a week have shown near-normal electrical activity after being warmed up. The results could take us a step closer towards cooling and reviving entire brains for…
A close-up photograph of an astronaut’s shoe and shoeprint in the lunar soil, photographed by Buzz Aldrin in July 1969 NASA/Johnson Space Center We will never stop thinking and talking about the moon, says Matthew Shindell, a curator at the National Air and Space Museum in Washington DC. “In cities where there is a lot…
Pre-implant couple Scott Cohen and Susanna Cappellaro getting married Strike Media My Husband, the CyborgSusanna CappellaroAvailable to buy digitally from 14 February Around a decade ago, music industry executive Scott Cohen made a decision that rocked his marriage. His wife, actor and filmmaker Susanna Cappellaro, wasn’t a fan of the two titanium piercings near his…