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Researchers argue for more transparency to remove the biases that plague image generators. Plus, Nvidia’s new ‘superchip’ promises AI performance and Google AI could soon use a person’s cough to diagnose disease.
Being pregnant can increase a person’s ‘biological age’ by a couple of years — but giving birth reverses these changes. Plus, urban vegetable gardens have a shocking carbon footprint.
What Briefing readers think about how doctoral degrees should be evaluated. Plus, the X-factor in bird song that makes males irresistible and why like-charged particles can sometimes attract.
Growing evidence suggests that the immune response triggered by SARS-CoV-2 is behind symptoms such as loss of smell, headaches and memory problems. Plus, a genetically modified pig liver has been transplanted into a person’s body for the first time.
Michel Talagrand has won one of mathematics’ biggest prizes for his work developing formulae to make random processes more predictable. Plus, climate models can’t explain 2023’s huge heat anomaly and NASA ponders the enormous cost of bringing Mars rocks back to Earth.
Large pythons are better at converting their food into edible protein than many other farmed animals. Plus, the career costs for scientists battling long COVID and how universities can stop ‘passing the harasser.
Research is trying to solve the mystery of how memories are laid down when we are very young. Plus, thousands of the compounds in plastics are hazardous and how to cope with climate anxiety.
Long post-reproductive lifespans might allow female whales to help their progeny survive. Plus, a sneak peek of China’s new underground neutrino lab and tips for PhD-holders looking for a job in industry.
On the sixth anniversary of Stephen Hawking’s death, we revisit his landmark paper. Plus, a stunning 3D atlas of the heart and the mysterious rise of cancer in young people.
Charles Darwin’s claim about male mammals usually being bigger than females is proved wrong. Plus, OpenAI’s Sora can create amazing video from text prompts, and what’s wrong with how we treat the menopause.
Charcoal residues show that fire patterns in Australia changed thousands of years ago. Plus, the first cell therapy for solid tumours is finally hitting the clinic and why China–US collaboration on climate faces an uncertain future.
The release of OpenAI’s sophisticated video-generating tool Sora has been met with a mix of trepidation and excitement. Plus, researchers have laid out safety guidelines for AI-powered protein design and a guide to writing effective prompts.
The story of deception in a rising star’s physics lab. Plus, how the anti-obesity drug semaglutide could help people with HIV and we meet the science advisers behind Oppenheimer.
While Argentina cuts support for science, China promises a 10% increase in science funding. Plus, the amphibian that nurses its young, and how an imbalance in the gut microbiome could contribute to alcohol addiction.
The Verona astrolabe bears Arabic, Latin and Hebrew translations and corrections. Plus, a crucial first step in the long quest to ‘de-extinct’ woolly mammoths and what a Trump vs Biden rematch means for science.
Wearing a mask, social distancing and better ventilation during the COVID-19 outbreak means we can remove one lineage of influenza from our vaccines. Plus, China updates its list of untrustworthy journals and five tips for digitizing handwritten data.
OpenAI’s model can be tuned to autonomously hack websites with a 73% success rate. Plus, an algorithm that reads mice’s mental sat-nav and what happens when robots get AI brains.
Potentially beneficial changes appear to occur after three days without food. Plus, organoids have been grown from amniotic fluid and why some rare pandas are not black and white.