Science & Technology

The successful tech innovator OpenAI announced on Monday that in a new version of ChatGPT, the AI tool can see and hear. According to OpenAI, with this update, ChatGPT can understand voice, text or video commands and interact with the…

A new study has revealed that children who persistently sleep fewer hours throughout nighttime duration period are more than twice as likely to develop a psychotic disorder in early adulthood, and nearly four times as likely to have a psychotic…

In a groundbreaking study, scientists have reconstructed a detailed wiring diagram of a small piece of the human brain, offering new insights into the incredible complexity of this most sophisticated organ, the Guardian reported in an article yesterday. Researchers from…

Scientists have discovered that sperm whales communicate through a sort of “phonetic alphabet”, enabling them to build a rough equivalent of what humans refer to as words and phrases. The study, published on Tuesday in the journal Nature Communications, involved sperm…

Researchers have discovered a distinct genetic form of Alzheimer’s disease, characterized by the presence of two copies of the ApoE4 gene variant, the Guardian reported in an article yesterday. The study, published in Nature Medicine, found that over 95% of…

A new study has found that climate breakdown is likely to drive venomous snake species into new regions, putting unprepared countries at increased risk of snakebites, the Guardian reported yesterday. The research, published in the Lancet Planetary Health journal, forecasts…

French experts said in a new report that children should not be allowed to use smartphones before 13 and should be barred from accessing social media platforms such as TikTok, Instagram and Snapchat before 18. The report comes following the…

Japanese scientists have successfully transplanted kidney tissue from one rat fetus to another while the recipient was still in its mother’s womb, Interesting Engineering, a science magazine, said in a new report. According to nephrologists at Jikei University School of…

Scientists at the University of Warwick have created a new way to detect skin cancer, using so called Terahertz (THz) waves, the BBC said in a new report published on its website. According to specialists, THz waves fall between infrared…

A groundbreaking new study has found that a healthy lifestyle can offset the genetic risk of premature mortality by over 60%, the Guardian reported yesterday. The research, published in BMJ Evidence-Based Medicine, analyzed data from over 350,000 participants in the…