UC Berkeley researchers say large language models have gained "metalinguistic ability," a hallmark of human language and cognition no other animal has displayed.
Social Sciences
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For thousands of years, humans have combined metals to collectively harness properties found in individual components, producing such practical materials as bronze, brass and, more recently, steel. However, predicting the ...
Analytical Chemistry
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Five women scientists from Germany, Indonesia, and Wales have discovered two new species of wart sea slugs from North Sulawesi, Indonesia—Phyllidia ovata and Phyllidia fontjei. The discovery has been published in the journal ...
Plants & Animals
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Once upon a time—way back in the twentieth century—people got their laughs from reading comics in the newspaper. Today, many of us get our chuckles by seeing (and sharing) humorous memes online.
Social Sciences
Jul 15, 2025
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People have been getting drunk for millennia. Historical records show that alcohol was an integral part of many early civilizations, from ancient Mesopotamia and Egypt to ancient Greece, China, and the Mayan and Inca empires.
Social Sciences
Jul 15, 2025
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We're just a few months into US president Donald Trump's second term but his rule has already been repeatedly compared to tyranny.
Social Sciences
Jul 15, 2025
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Van Andel Institute scientists have developed an improved technique to comprehensively profile DNA methylation in single cells, an advance that will help researchers better study the role of epigenetics in cancer and other ...
Biotechnology
Jul 15, 2025
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A team of scientists led by expert Raúl Jiménez, ICREA researcher at the University of Barcelona's Institute of Cosmos Sciences (ICCUB), in collaboration with the University of Padua (Italy), has presented a revolutionary ...
General Physics
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An easy method for efficiently identifying proteins that interact with bioactive molecules has been developed by chemical biologists at RIKEN. This innovation, published in ChemBioChem, could help to speed up the development ...
Molecular & Computational biology
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Bacteria that cause intestinal infections typically avoid a stinky chemical—one that can kill them at high enough concentrations—inside human intestines, but they may actually swim toward it when a hearty meal is the reward.
Cell & Microbiology
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