Possibly untrue science news

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Researchers claim spoof-proof random number generator breakthrough

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Brain activity much lower when using AI chatbots, MIT boffins find

Using AI chatbots actually reduces activity in the brain versus accomplishing the same tasks unaided, and may lead to poorer fact retention, according to a new preprint study out of MIT.

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Penn State boffins create silicon-free two-dimensional computer

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Except for the part about blocking pain.

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There was some pretty strong signals that they use some form of light at night (stars or moon) to navigate, because the lights at Parliament House in Canberra - essentially in the Alps - attracts them in big numbers.

The moths were an important food source in winter for the Ngunnawal people, to the point where, to some of their neighbours, “Ngunnawal” meant “the moth eaters”.

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As electric lights all over the world will show, it’s not unusual for insects to use some light to navigate, but usually it is just the sky. Even at night the easiest way to tell up from down is that the ground is almost always darker, and many kinds have simple ocelli that help that judge that as fast as possible. Actually finding their way around using the stars is less common though. These aren’t the first known, which was a scarab, but those don’t travel nearly as far.

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Octopodes

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Indeed. IMHO, it’s not bad for treating fever, but for pain it is really not very good. At least relative to ibuprofen. Or a number of topical options. Better than nothing, but i like my liver, sooo…

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I think it was already well established that with the shape of their teeth sauropods couldn’t chew their food. I guess this finding confirms that.

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