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AI | Can AI Assist in Peer Review?

AI | Can AI Assist in Peer Review?

The peer review process plays a crucial role in maintaining rigor and quality standards in academic research. However, the constant growth in research output has placed tremendous strain on this system as the number of papers requiring expert evaluation increases each...

AI | Will AI Diminish the Rigor of Peer Review?

AI | Will AI Diminish the Rigor of Peer Review?

Scholars have progressively embraced computational aids as a means of accelerating written output and analytical undertakings. Yet as these automated systems augment in proficiency, so too does their potential to subtly steer intellectual discussions. A group of...

Imaging Atoms in Quantum Wave Motion

Imaging Atoms in Quantum Wave Motion

Physicists at the Laboratoire Kastler Brossel in Paris have developed a powerful new technique for directly observing the wave-like behavior of individual atoms as they move through space. By precisely controlling ultracold atoms with lasers and imaging them with a...

Ocean Productivity Declines as Marine Heatwaves Intensify

Ocean Productivity Declines as Marine Heatwaves Intensify

The ocean acts as Earth's temperature regulator and carbon sink, absorbing over 90% of the excess heat trapped by greenhouse gases. As global warming accelerates, the ocean experiences rising temperatures that are altering marine ecosystems in profound ways. A new...

Towards Printing the Brain

Towards Printing the Brain

“The high resolution of two-photon polymerisation makes it possible to print details in the micro- and nanometre range and is therefore very suitable for imaging cranial nerves.” Chalupa-Gantner Medical University of ViennaMagnetic resonance imaging (MRI) has become...

ACTIVITY | The Lyrid Meteor Shower: An April Sky Spectacle

ACTIVITY | The Lyrid Meteor Shower: An April Sky Spectacle

The Lyrid meteor shower is a burst of meteor activity occurring around mid to late April.In 2024, the Lyrid meteor shower will be active between 14-30 April and will peak on the night of 22-23 April.All across the UK. As with all meteor showers, the main thing for...

Bad Habits That Can Hurt Your Brain

Side Effects Of Breathing Mold And Mildew

 

EDITORIAL

Rethinking Progress in an Age of AI

Is AI really expanding our thinking or are we deluding ourselves?

BBC Virtual Reality Rome

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Hubble Organisation

Since it launch on the Spacce Shuttle Discovery on On April 24, 1990, Hubble has revealed properties of space and time that for most of human history were only probed in the imaginations of scientists and philosophers. 

Sense About Science

Sense about Science is an independent charity that promotes the public interest in sound science and evidence. Founded in 2002, Sense about Science works with decision-makers, world-leading researchers and community groups to raise the standard of evidence in public life.

Chandra Observatory

Since its launch on July 23, 1999, the Chandra X-ray Observatory has been NASA’s flagship mission for X-ray astronomy, taking its place in the fleet of “Great Observatories.”

The IUCN Red List

Established in 1964, the International Union for Conservation of Nature’s Red List of Threatened Species has evolved to become the world’s most comprehensive information source on the global extinction risk status of animal, fungus and plant species.

Scott Hartman's Skeletal Drawings

Scott Hartman’s detailed and rigorous skeletal reconstructions set the standard for sauropods: he’s now become the first port of call when looking for precise, anatomically correct work.

After 11 years, Boston Dynamics has said goodbye to its humanoid robot ATLAS HD. The robotics company says it’s time for ATLAS to “kick back and relax” in retirement, letting the new all electric ATLAS take over. This video was shared to remember ATLAS HD’s great moments and those not so great.

 

From Elsewhere on the Web

Science

  • Climate change could become the main driver of...
    on April, 2024 at 8:15 pm

    Global biodiversity has declined between 2% and 11% during the 20th century due to land-use change alone, according to a large multi-model study. Projections show climate change could become the main driver of biodiversity decline by the mid-21st century.

Technology

Pharma

  • Circadian rhythms can influence drugs'...
    on April, 2024 at 5:13 pm

    Researchers discovered that more than 300 liver genes are under circadian control: Circadian variations affect how much of a drug is available and how effectively the body can break it down.

Health

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