Chimpfluencers Stick Grass in Their Ears and Butts in Latest Viral Trend(sciencealert.com)

19 points by dxs 1 year ago | 6 comments

Secret of Orange Cats Revealed After 60-Year Search(sciencealert.com)

259 points by bookofjoe 15 days ago | 181 comments

ScienceAlert article on researchers identifying the genetic mutation behind orange fur in cats after a decades-long search.

The US Navy Put Cameras on Dolphins and the Results Were Wild(sciencealert.com)

67 points by Jimmc414 1 year ago | 23 comments

JAXA is about to perform a Phobos sample return mission(science.org)

97 points by Muhammad523 8 days ago | 19 comments

Science news feature on Japan's MMX mission, which aims to return samples from Mars's moon Phobos to learn how it formed and possibly retrieve pieces of Mars.

Pig lung transplanted into a human(sciencealert.com)

112 points by signa11 1 year ago | 85 comments

The First Animal Ever Found That Doesn't Need Oxygen to Survive(sciencealert.com)

123 points by georgecmu 2 years ago | 50 comments

Human brains are preconfigured with instructions for understanding the world(news.ucsc.edu)

414 points by XzetaU8 11 months ago | 284 comments

UC Santa Cruz news article reporting research suggesting early developing human brains are preconfigured with instructions for understanding the world.

AI has access to a vastly larger working memory than the human brain(davidepiffer.com)

524 points by rzk 2 months ago | 452 comments

A Substack essay by Davide Piffer arguing that AI's edge over mathematicians comes from a vast symbolic working memory rather than superior reasoning.

Scientific fraud has become an 'industry,' analysis finds(science.org)

402 points by pseudolus 1 year ago | 350 comments

Science magazine news article reporting an analysis finding that sophisticated global networks are infiltrating journals to publish fake scientific papers.

AI tools are spotting errors in research papers(nature.com)

555 points by kgwgk 1 year ago | 200 comments

Nature news article on a growing movement using AI and large language models to detect errors in research papers, sparked by a flawed black plastic utensils study.

Claude Says(ohhfishal.net)

58 points by speckx 26 days ago | 22 comments

Personal blog post criticizing coworkers who relay AI (Claude) answers instead of their own expertise, arguing it signals lack of authority and leads to overengineered software.

MIT Study Finds AI Use Reprograms the Brain, Leading to Cognitive Decline(publichealthpolicyjournal.com)

438 points by cainxinth 1 year ago | 432 comments

Article reporting on an MIT study claiming that using AI tools like ChatGPT alters brain activity and leads to cognitive decline.