Some of the greatest cosmic discoveries have come about by accident pred 1 dnevom, 14 urami in 52 minutami The universe has been surprising us ever since we first looked into the cosmic darkness. We should embrace serendipity in science, says Chris Lintott(New Scientist)
Antibody therapy makes the immune systems of old mice young again pred 1 dnevom, 16 urami in 51 minutami A novel antibody therapy makes the immune system of old mice appear younger, allowing the animals to better fend off infections and reduce inflammation(New Scientist)
We've glimpsed something that behaves like a particle of gravity pred 1 dnevom, 16 urami in 52 minutami Gravitons, the particles thought to carry gravity, have never been seen in space – but something very similar has been detected in a semiconductor(New Scientist)
Is every species necessary or can we let some die out? pred 1 dnevom, 16 urami in 52 minutami There are thousands of species at risk of extinction, and we can’t save them all – how do conservationists think about which ones to focus on?(New Scientist)
Most accurate clock ever can tick for 40 billion years without error pred 1 dnevom, 20 urami in 52 minutami The record for the most accurate clock has been broken in an experiment with strontium atoms almost as cold as absolute zero, and it is twice as accurate as any predecessor(New Scientist)
AI chatbots are improving at an even faster rate than computer chips pred 1 dnevom, 22 urami in 51 minutami The large language models behind AI chatbots are developing so rapidly that after eight months, a model only needs half the computing power to hit the same benchmark score - which is much faster than the rate at which computer chips improve(New Scientist)