Sleep pills may have unexpected effects on the brain
So many of us struggle to fall asleep and stay there at night. About a third of American adults are […]
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Are that ‘personalities’ of that chatbot in the eye of the beholder?
When Yang “Sunny” Lu asked the Openai’s GPT-3.5 to calculate 1-plus-1 a few years ago, chatbot, not surprisingly, told her
Here’s how the ancient Amazonians became corn master farmers
Water engineers in ancient America of South America returned to Savannas flooded seasonal in Amazonian Savannas in corn agriculture fires
Artificial intelligence could transform healthcare, but will it live up to the hype?
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Patients with stage 0 breast cancer may not need to rush into surgery
Watch and wait may be an alternative to surgery for some women with very early breast cancer. A new study
Cold deaths have increased since 1999 in the US
Over time, deaths from cold temperatures have increased in the United States. From 1999 to 2022, the country’s age-adjusted cold-related
The footprints offer a rare look at ancient human relatives crossing paths
Two ancient hominid species with slightly different gaits interbred in East Africa. Traces preserved on what was once a muddy
Neanderthals may have built a hearth specifically to make tar
Neanderthals really knew their way around fire. In a sea cave sheltered from Gibraltar’s raging winds, our ancient cousins created
Dietary evidence reinforces the reputation of Clovis hunters as mammoth killers
The ancient North Americans are increasingly looking like experienced mammoth killers. Archaeologists have long debated whether the Clovis people, who
Proposed time limits for anesthesia may have compromised patient safety
After a public outcry, Anthem Blue Cross Blue Shield announced Dec. 5 that it had dropped plans that would have