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ChatGPT May Be Linked to 'Cognitive Debt,' New Study Finds
A preprint study found that participants who used an LLM to write essays performed worse “at all levels” than those who didn’t.
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One of the Universe’s Biggest Mysteries Has Been Solved, Scientists Say
Scientists have spotted the universe’s “missing matter” hiding in a vast cosmic web with some help from fast radio bursts from deep space.
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Climate Change Warps Brains in the Womb, Scientists Discover
Scientists exhumed bald cypress trees that lived thousands of years ago and recorded climactic turmoil.
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Humans Have Now Seen the Dawn of Time from Earth After Breakthrough
Telescopes perched on the Andes Mountains glimpsed elusive encounters fueled by the first of the first stars in the universe more than 13 billion years ago.
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Scientists Just Discovered a Lost Ancient Culture That Vanished
Plus: a surprising case of galactic eschatology, nematode cheerleading pyramids, ancient makeup kits, and more.
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The Entire Earth was Mysteriously Shaking Every 90 Seconds. Now, Scientists Know Why
For nine days in September 2023, the world was rocked by an “Unidentified Seismic Object.”
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Weird Signals from Space Are ‘Unlike Any Known Galactic Object’
A dead star 15,000 light years from Earth is pulsing every 44 minutes in both X-rays and radio waves.
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Penguin Poop Helps Antarctica Stay Cool
Penguin guano helps clouds form in coastal Antarctica, making these birds an important factor in the region’s climate.
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The Universe Will Decay a Lot Sooner than Expected
This week, we have stories about wild horses, wild chimps, and wild cosmic deaths.
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Ancient Poems Record the Decline of a Special Porpoise
The Yangtze finless porpoise is near extinction in the wild, but glimpses of its heyday can be found in centuries of Chinese poetry.
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These Tardigrades Have Tiny Tattoos
Tardigrades, tiny microscopic animals, woke up from suspended animation with body art.
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This Sicko Caterpillar Wears the Bones of Its Victims
Bite marks on the pelvis of a beheaded man provide the first direct physical evidence of human-animal gladiatorial combat.