What can ChatGPT do for you?
Milton Pividori has explored how best to use AI chatbots to improve science.Credit: Kerkhoff Photography & Design ChatGPT stunned the
How to train your crocodile
Nature, Published online: 14 August 2024; doi:10.1038/d41586-024-02610-3 Doctored toad carcasses teach crocs to avoid eating the toxin-producing cane toad. Source
when did plate tectonics start to reshape Earth?
Earth’s outer shell suffered a catastrophic break on 6 February last year, when a major fault came to life in
Has your paper been used to train an AI model? Almost certainly
Academic publisher Wiley has sold access to its research papers to firms developing large language models.Credit: Timon Schneider/Alamy Academic publishers
Friends or foes? An academic job search risked damaging our friendship
Herrison Chicas (top left), McKenzie Preston (top right) and Zachariah Berry held video calls to share job-market resources. In the
Surf spots are climate hotspots, study finds
Surf breaks worldwide are beloved for their natural beauty and the thrill of riding that next big swell. Now, groundbreaking
Growing mpox outbreak triggers Africa’s first health emergency — and fears of wider spread
A nurse takes a sample from a child suspected of having mpox.Credit: Arlette Bashizi/Reuters A concerning strain of the monkeypox
Quantum hacking looms — but ultra-secure encryption is ready to deploy
Refrigeration equipment inside Amazon’s quantum-computing lab. Advanced quantum computers could be capable of cracking conventional encryption keys.Credit: Jessica Rinaldi/The Boston
Who is legally responsible for climate harms? The world’s top court will now decide
A protester in Brazil calls for ‘climate justice now’. Their government is taking legal action for compensation for harms caused