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A new analysis argues many consciousness studies may measure information processing, not subjective experience.
A new analysis says consciousness science may still lack tools to separate awareness from information processing.
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An internal view of the reactor system that efficiently converts carbon dioxide and renewable electricity into methane.
Green ImpactScientists turn carbon dioxide into renewable methane using microbesJoshua Shavit
Iron meteorites suggest Earth’s nitrogen and phosphorus may have come from early inner solar system planetesimals.
SpaceIron meteorites unlock secrets of the early solar system and Earth’s origin
A female mammoth with her calf in a glacial landscape during the Last Glacial Maximum. Reconstruction by R. Bakker/Rotterdam for the Reiss-Engelhorn-Museen in Mannheim.
DiscoveriesWoolly mammoths were likely butchered by hunters and gatherers, study findsRebecca Shavit
Caffeine may not shorten sleep, but EEG studies show it can reduce deep, restorative brain activity during the night.
HealthScientists reveal what caffeine actually does to your sleepMac Oliveau
Astronomers have identified a likely evolutionary path linking dusty star-forming galaxies to massive quiescent galaxies that stopped producing stars surprisingly early in cosmic history.
SpaceEarly galaxy collisions may explain why giant galaxies died youngJoshua Shavit
Researchers developed a wearable ultrasound patch that continuously monitors fetal blood flow and may improve care for high-risk pregnancies.
HealthNew ultrasound sticker tracks fetal health in real timeMac Oliveau
Scientists tracked 37 species and found animals react strongly to human movement, often in unexpected ways.
DiscoveriesGPS study tracks how animals respond to people across AmericaHannah Shavit-Weiner
Reconstruction of the early Cambrian seafloor, depicting colonies of Protomelission gatehousei and Dayingomelission hexaclitia living among archaeocyath reefs in shallow seas approximately 520 million years ago.
DiscoveriesFossil discovery solves 500-million-year-old mystery about the dawn of animal lifeRebecca Shavit
The researchers used waveguides—microscopic channels fabricated on a silicon wafer—to guide light. Long waveguides of varying widths can be seen on the chip, where a thin layer of organic molecules transforms light as it passes through.
AINew material tackles one of the biggest barriers to scaling artificial intelligenceShy Cohen
Simulations suggest six spacecraft could weaken geomagnetic storms before they disrupt Earth’s satellites, GPS, and power grids.
SpaceSix-satellite ‘StormWall’ could stop dangerous solar storms before they hit EarthJoseph Shavit
New algorithms trace the root causes of self-driving car crashes by working backward through rare and complex failure chains.
AIWhy do self-driving cars crash? King’s College London researchers think they have the answerShy Cohen
Fish that flop across land may be using one of evolution’s oldest movement tricks, a simple gait shared across distant species. By copying it in a robot, researchers traced a common mechanical pattern that may echo how vertebrates first began moving ashore.
DiscoveriesRobot fish helps explain how real fish learned to move on landRebecca Shavit
Fossils from Britain confirm Praearcturus gigas was a giant scorpion more than a meter long in the Early Devonian.
DiscoveriesWorld’s largest scorpion lived in Britain 415 million years agoHannah Shavit-Weiner
This project was led by (from left to right): Dr. Marva Bergman, Dr. Eitan Moses, and Prof. Itamar Harel.
HealthA single gene may explain why some males live fast and die young
A new relativity proposal says faster-than-light observers could help explain quantum behavior and reshape causality.
SpacePhysicists propose that our universe may contain three dimensions of timeJoshua Shavit
Astronomers traced strange repeating radio bursts to a white dwarf feeding on a red dwarf in a tightly bound binary system.
SpaceStudent astronomer discovers rare white dwarf star feeding on a red dwarf companionJoseph Shavit