Your sweet little pooch might be hiding a deadly secret from you. Scientists have discovered the drug-resistant fungus Candida auris from an animal, and it came from the ear canals of dogs. The fungus is a serious concern as it is now resistant to most, if not all, of the antifungal medicines used to treat it, according … Read more
A new kind of cold war is here. Military forces around the globe are in a covert arms race to develop terrifying new AI weaponry, a new documentary exploring the future of artificial intelligence in battle reveals. “World leaders in Russia and China, people in the US military have said, whoever gets the advantage in … Read more
A Harvard professor of astronomy is predicting extraterrestrials will make contact with artificial intelligence before humans, due to aliens potentially feeling a “kinship” with human technology. “My expectation from interstellar travel is that it’s best done with electronic gadgets and devices rather than with biological creatures because the journey takes a long time,” Harvard professor Avi Loeb … Read more
Chatbot, you’re fired. The National Eating Disorder Association (NEDA) disabled its chatbot, named Tessa, due to “harmful” responses people received. “Every single thing Tessa suggested were things that led to the development of my eating disorder,” activist Sharon Maxwell wrote in an Instagram post. The chatbot was set to become the primary support system for people … Read more
Missed connections of the third kind. Given the ever-growing vastness of the universe, it remains difficult to imagine there has never been an official recorded account of extraterrestrial life attempting to contact Earth. The idea that the human race is the only intelligent life in the universe can be frightening — and statistically seems unfathomable … Read more
Four sea otters in California died from toxoplasmosis through a rare strain of the Toxoplasma gondii parasite, and researchers warn that the strain could pose a threat to humans. The unusual strain of Toxoplasma gondii that was studied had not been detected in California before. The findings of a study, which was conducted by scientists at California … Read more
A recent competition has sought to determine who is superior in the realm of — man or machine — and for now, at least, it’s good news for humans. Announcing a winner on Friday, the competition invited both photographers and artificial intelligence (AI) creators to submit their best works, with a prize of $1000 at stake, run … Read more
Maybe the rats do run this city. New York City rodents can carry the SARS-CoV-2 virus that causes COVID-19 – and researchers fear it could be transmitted to humans, according to a new study. The new research, published Thursday in the American Society for Microbiology “mBio,” determined that the rats could be infected with the Alpha, … Read more
A fishing community in southern Brazil has an unusual ally: wild dolphins. Accounts of people and dolphins working together to hunt fish go back millennia, from the time of the Roman Empire near what is now southern France to 19th-century Queensland, Australia. But while historians and storytellers have recounted the human point of view, it’s … Read more
An advocate of human extinction Tuesday called on everyone to voluntarily stop having children for humanity to die out and give the biosphere a “chance to recover.” Tuesday’s Dr. Phil episode focused on the ethics of procreation and the debate over overpopulation where Voluntary Human Extinction Movement founder Les Knight delivered a variety of shocking … Read more
NASA successfully launched a flying saucer-like inflatable heat shield — and it could one day help humans land on Mars. The Low-Earth Orbit Flight Test of an Inflatable Decelerator, or LOFTID, launched from a United Launch Alliance Atlas V rocket from the Vandenberg Space Force Base in California. The mission was to test the aeroshell, … Read more
An obscure family of viruses, already endemic in wild African primates and known to cause fatal Ebola-like symptoms in some monkeys, is “poised for spillover” to humans. Evoking parallels to HIV, authors are calling on global health community to be vigilant. According to new research, an obscure family of viruses, already endemic in wild African … Read more
Scientists have managed to turn one of the deadliest insects into a vaccine delivery system. According to new reports from NPR, a clinical trial for a system meant to use mosquitoes to deliver vaccines has been underway in the United Kingdom. The findings of the trial have been published in Science Translational Medicine. According to … Read more
Scientists fear they’ve found the next big pandemic threat — a virus that lives in African monkeys. Simian hemorrhagic fever virus (SHFV) causes devastating Ebola-like symptoms including internal bleeding and kills virtually every primate it infects. The virus hijacks the immune system, disabling key defense mechanisms and breaking the body down cell by cell. No … Read more
Florence Pugh, Olivia Wilde Photo: John Phillips (Getty Images), Dia Dipasupil (Getty Images) After long-swirling rumors about the conflict between Florence Pugh and Olivia Wilde on the set of Don’t Worry Darling, one messy anonymous source from the film’s production has come forward to confirm that the two did in fact engage in a “screaming … Read more
<!– –> All you need to know about Khosta-2 US scientists have discovered a new virus in bats that could be bad news for humans. The new virus, called Khosta-2 cannot just infect human cells, it is also resistant to current vaccines. Research published in the journal PLOS Pathogens says that the virus is resistant … Read more
A SARS-CoV-2 virus relative that was originally found in Russian bats may be capable of infecting human cells, according to a study. The authors of the paper, which was published in the journal PLOS Pathogens, also showed that this virus is resistant to the antibodies of people vaccinated against SARS-CoV-2—which causes COVID-19—in lab tests. The … Read more
Demetre Daskalakis at a White House monkeypox press briefing on September 7.Image: Kevin Dietsch (Getty Images) Monkeypox is currently spreading across the country (and the world at large), with over 21,000 cases reported in the United States, according to the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention as of August 22. After a faltering initial response, … Read more
Earlier this summer, physicians at NYU Langone were able to successfully transplant pig hearts into two recently deceased humans. The medical team performed the procedures on June 16 and July 6 using special pig hearts that had been genetically modified to be more acceptable for transplantation into the human body. Both carcasses were donated by … Read more