A neuroscientist whose work helped pave the way for an Alzheimer’s drug candidate was indicted by a federal grand jury on Thursday on charges of fraud. The indictment, announced Friday by the Justice Department, brings additional scrutiny to the work of Hoau-Yan Wang, who has had multiple studies retracted and faced an investigation by the […]
Many historical figures make an impact in multiple fields. For Dr. Roland Vela, an intense curiosity about the world as well as a drive to serve others became the defining characteristics of his life. He spent a decades-long career making important discoveries in science and helping to make his community a better place for all. Gerard Roland […]
Extreme weather events are becoming more frequent and severe, super-charged by human-caused warming. According to Michael Mann, presidential distinguished professor at the University of Pennsylvania, the upcoming presidential race will not only determine the fate of democracy but also the future of our planet. With Project 2025, the conservative playbook for the next Republican president, […]
“Hearst Magazines and Yahoo may earn commission or revenue on some items through these links.” Futurist Raymond Kurzweil has a new book coming that spells out why he believes that nanorobots are the key to helping humans live significantly longer. Kurzweil believes that the pursuit of human longevity centers on ensuring that our cells don’t […]
The former chief scientist and co-founder of OpenAI has announced the launch of his own artificial intelligence (AI) company, which he said would focus on safety. Ilya Sutskever said he was launching Safe Superintelligence, adding that building safe AI was “our mission, our name, and our entire product roadmap”. In a launch statement on the […]
Military camps used by the Assyrian king Sennacherib, whose exploits of laying siege to Lachish and Jerusalem are detailed in the Hebrew Bible, have finally been identified, a scholar says. At the time of the sieges, which both occurred around 701 B.C., the Assyrians controlled a rapidly growing empire that stretched from the Persian Gulf […]
(Reuters) – ChatGPT maker OpenAI’s co-founder and former chief scientist Ilya Sutskever said on Wednesday that he was starting a new artificial intelligence company. The company is focused on creating a safe AI environment at a time when some of the biggest tech companies are looking to dominate the generative AI boom. The company is […]
(Reuters) – ChatGPT maker OpenAI’s co-founder and former chief scientist Ilya Sutskever said on Wednesday that he was starting a new artificial intelligence company. The company is focused on creating a safe AI environment at a time when some of the biggest tech companies are looking to dominate the generative AI boom. The company is […]
“Hearst Magazines and Yahoo may earn commission or revenue on some items through these links.” Futurist Raymond Kurzweil has a new book coming that spells out why he believes that nanorobots are the key to helping humans live significantly longer. Kurzweil believes that the pursuit of human longevity centers on ensuring that our cells don’t […]
Curious Kids is a series for children of all ages. If you have a question you’d like an expert to answer, send it to curiouskidsus@theconversation.com. My parents said the planet is getting too hot for people to live here. They called it climate change. What does that mean? – Joseph, age 12, Boise, Idaho Many […]
Use of data and artificial intelligence will help Luke Shaw’s chances of being fully fit for the European Championship, a leading sports scientist has said. Shaw was named in Gareth Southgate’s squad for the summer tournament in Germany despite being out since February with a hamstring injury. He has returned to training in the last […]
The Upside Down The current model scientists use to explain the universe around us is made up of three components: regular matter, cold dark matter (CDM), and the cosmological constant, or lambda, a coefficient first introduced by Albert Einstein in 1917 that’s related to dark energy. This standard model of cosmology has served as a way […]