Monday 12 October
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Stripping polite corporate filters from leading artificial intelligence models makes their predictions far more fatalistic. Surprisingly, humans strongly agree with these dark visions once they read them.
A systematic review examined how machine learning can recover scenes and identify people from tiny reflections on the surface of human eyes.
Planting native trees along rivers in oil palm plantations creates cooler, more stable microclimates that shield wildlife from heat. These restored strips could buffer animals against future climate extremes through 2085.
Marine bacteria swim toward dense trails of fucoidan, a tough sugar shed by brown seaweeds. Even though they cannot digest this sugar for food, it acts as a guide to seaweed surfaces.
A review proposes that our universe contracted and bounced into expansion rather than starting from an infinite point. This model lets scientists test quantum gravity using telescopes and gravitational-wave detectors.
By routing light alongside microwaves over a folded 36-centimetre track on a small chip, researchers built an efficient, cavity-free optical frequency comb with over 550 sharp colour lines.
Tracking thousands of people from childhood to age 62 revealed that carrying obesity for decades steadily increases blood markers of heart injury and stress.
A robotic system uses mechanical kneading on a semi-solid paste to run chemical reactions with minimal solvent, skipping messy liquid clean-ups.
Nest boxes built to protect birds are overheating in extreme heat, stressing chicks and cutting food deliveries from exhausted parents.
