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The study, led by Queen Mary University of London, defined sensitivity as a personality trait that reflects people’s capacity to perceive and process environmental stimuli such as bright lights, subtle changes in the environment, and other people’s moods. The research, based on a meta-analysis of 33 studies, revealed there was a significant, positive relationship between…
Generation Z, those born between 1997 and 2012, say they would consider marrying an AI-generated partner, a new survey has found. The surveyconducted by digital companion platform Joi AI, found that 83 per cent of Gen Z respondents believe they could develop a meaningful connection with a chatbot, while 80 per cent said they would…
Artificial intelligence (AI) has achieved the significant capability of self-replication, leaving the scientific community worried that a red line had been crossed, according to a new study published in the preprint database arXiv. The study involving two prominent large language models (LLMs), one from Meta and another from Alibaba, showcased the ability to clone themselves…
China has conducted another major nuclear fusion experiment in its pursuit of creating a novel source of energy. The Experimental Advanced Superconducting Tokamak (EAST) fusion energy reactor, dubbed China’s ‘artificial sun’ sustained plasma for a whopping 1,000 seconds, breaking the 403-second record it set in 2023, according to a report in Live Scienceciting Chinese media…
Black holes are among the most mysterious cosmic objects, much studied but not fully understood. In pursuit of understanding these celestial bodies, astronomers have stumbled upon a supermassive black hole, located a whopping 12.9 billion light-years from Earth, and it’s doing something pretty spectacular. The “blazar” is firing a super-powerful beam of energy straight towards…
There is good news for those suffering from depression. Scientists have developed a new approach to alleviate symptoms of severe depression by targeting a specific nerve. The study, published in the journal Brain Stimulation states that stimulation of the vagus nerve, which has connections to various organ systems and brain regions, including those linked to…
Scientists have discovered that future robots might be able to gauge how you are feeling by just touching human skin. According to a new study published in the journal IEEE Access, researchers used skin conductance as a way to figure out how an individual was feeling. Skin conductance is a measure of how well skin…
Ever felt frustrated for having regained your lost weight within a matter of weeks? Blame the fat cells’ memorising abilities, which is significantly contributing to obesity, according to a study. Researchers at ETH Zurich in Switzerland showed that obesity leads to characteristic epigenetic changes in the nucleus of fat cells. They remain the same even…
About 82.8 crore people around the world are estimated to be living with diabetes in 2022, with over a quarter in India, according to an analysis published in The Lancet journal ahead of World Diabetes Day observed every year on November 14. The figure of 82.8 crore is over four times the number in 1990,…
Eating high-fat dairy products which include whole milk, cream, frozen yoghurt, butter, and ghee, may increase the risk of fatty liver disease, according to a study. The study, published in the Journal of Hepatology Reports, showed that low-medium fat dairy products such as skimmed milk, cottage cheese, and low-fat cheese may be protective, and should…