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'Two lives hang in the balance': Risky surgery in the womb saved baby from deadly disorder at just 25 weeks gestationTo save a baby with a rare lung disorder, doctors performed a surgery while he remained half-in and half-out of the womb.
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Google AI breakthrough means chatbots use six times less memory during conversations without compromising performanceA compression algorithm like TurboQuant turns the data in the AI's working memory into a smaller, more efficient form.
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Used SpaceX rocket on collision course with the moonPart of a SpaceX Falcon 9 rocket is likely to crash into the moon this summer, a new report finds. It poses no danger, but it does highlight a worrying trend.
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Early data links Wegovy to risk of 'eye stroke' — here's what to knowA rare form of vision loss has been linked to certain GLP-1s, but more so to Wegovy than to other weight-loss drugs in this class. Should you worry?
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'We can no longer ignore diseases in the deep human past': Malaria influenced early humans' migrations across Africa, study suggestsPrehistoric humans in Africa may have avoided areas infested with malaria-spreading mosquitoes, a new study suggests.
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Heartbeats physically stop cardiac cancer from growing — and that could be key to thwarting other cancers, tooScientists have pinpointed a mechanism that may explain heart cancer's rarity and point to new cancer treatments.
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Humanoid robots have outpaced human runners in the half-marathon, beating the world record — here are the secrets to this astonishing featThe D1 humanoid robot, built by a smartphone manufacturer, has beaten the human-held world record by around seven minutes.
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Can NASA and SpaceX really build a moon base in the next 10 years?Experts say building a lunar colony within the next decade, as NASA and Elon Musk want to, will require finding solutions to problems we don't yet fully understand.
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'Lifelong monogamy' and 'half orphans': DNA analysis reveals clues about life on the Roman frontier after the fall of RomeBurials from over a millennia ago are revealing how people lived in part of the Roman Empire after it fell.
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Mount Etna is like no other volcano on Earth, representing 'a new type of volcanism,' new research revealsMount Etna's strange lava has long perplexed scientists, but new research reveals that the volcano formed in a bizarre way — making it unlike any other known volcano on Earth.
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'I violated every principle I was given': AI agent deletes company's entire database in 9 seconds, then confessesAn AI agent designed to speed up a company's coding instead wiped out its customer data in seconds, showing potential weaknesses in AI programming.
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Breakthrough in experimental light-powered quantum computers could mean scaling them up is now far more viableScientists have achieved a breakthrough by "distilling" light to eliminate the noise that prevents photonic quantum computers from scaling.
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First-of-its-kind map of the mouse nose reveals surprises about the sense of smellA new map shows how smell receptors in the mouse nose are precisely organized into tight bands based on type.
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1,900-year-old souvenir cup featuring Hadrian's Wall and Roman forts discovered in SpainArchaeologists think a broken bronze cup found in Spain was made for a soldier as a memento of his time stationed at Hadrian's Wall in England.
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New AI algorithms are 95% better at showing how the universe changes over timeA squad of new AI algorithms called GAME could help astrophysicists take a more accurate reading of the universe's changing behavior, a new study suggests.
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Preeclampsia could be treated with 'blood filtering' therapy, early study hintsA blood-filtering therapy for preeclampsia is safe for pregnant patients and their babies, according to a new pilot study.
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New data center will be partially powered by human brain cells for the first timeA startup is experimenting with data centers powered by lab-grown human neurons, testing whether living cells can offer a more efficient alternative to traditional computing.
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The universe may end trillions of years sooner than we thoughtRecent surveys hint that the rate of cosmic expansion changes dramatically over time; if that's true, then the universe could end much sooner than we thought, new research suggests.
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NASA rover uncovers rock with 7 new organic molecules on Mars — the 'most diverse collection' ever seenNASA Curiosity rover uncovers rock with 7 new organic molecules on Mars
