The Taliban ‘took my life’ — scientists who fled takeover speak out
Three years after the Taliban seized power in Afghanistan, some five million people have left the country, including many of
Famine exposure in the womb doubles diabetes risk decades later
Children born in famine experience well-documented immediate effects, such as malnutrition, but pinpointing the health consequences decades later has been
ChatGPT has a language problem — but science can fix it
Download this podcast. AIs built on Large Language Models have wowed by producing particularly fluent text. However, their ability to
Why ChatGPT can't handle some languages
Nature, Published online: 09 August 2024; doi:10.1038/d41586-024-02581-5 In a test of the chatbot’s language abilities it fails at certain languages.
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They’re so quiet when they crawl down the street. But you still know. Some forgotten sense, some warning unneeded for
Deepest-ever samples of rock from Earth’s mantle unveiled
A sample of mantle rock viewed under a microscope.Credit: Johan Lissenberg A record-breaking expedition to drill into rocks at the
how ‘toxic management’ and pandemic pressures fuelled disillusionment in higher education
Staff members at the University of Brighton, UK, took action in pursuit of better pay.Credit: Newspics UK South/Alamy Academics who
How expert skateboarders use physics on the half-pipe
Skateboarders gain extra speed by squatting and then standing up at the right time as they go up and down
boundary-breaking physicist who won Nobel prize at just 30
Credit: Xinhua/Shutterstock Outside the Institute of High Energy Physics in Beijing stands a 5-metre-high metal sculpture. The round, swirling shape
How the stressed-out brain can weaken the immune system
The vagus nerve connects the brain region called the amygdala (red; artist’s illustration) to nerves for the Brunner’s glands in