While they’re not pretty, cockroaches are cute and will group together to stay alive in dry air.
On a dry day in Madagascar, hissing cockroaches do something unexpectedly sweet: They huddle together…
While they’re not pretty, cockroaches are cute and will group together to stay alive in dry air.
On a dry day in Madagascar, hissing cockroaches do something unexpectedly sweet: They huddle together in groups of slow-moving cockroaches. A new study in Ethology shows that these groups are not random social moments: they are a survival strategy caused by humidity that helps prevent large insects from drying out. “The main conclusion of our…
iOS 18 introduces a new tool to help repair your iPhone
Apple has added a new ‘Repair Assistant’ to iOS 18, the latest update for compatible iPhones, to better help users manage the original parts used when repairing their phone. First announced in April, MacRumors He has since discovered more details about the tool. With ‘Repair Assistant’, users can now pair original parts, such as a…
Brian Solis on Mindshift: Reimagining Customer Experience in the Age of AI
In this episode, we welcome Brian Solis, Head of Global Innovation at ServiceNow, a nine-time best-selling author, keynote speaker, and digital futurist. Starting the conversation, Brian shares the inspiration behind his latest book, “Mindshift“, and emphasizes the importance of empathy and a truly customer-centric mindset. Through examples from Amazon, Disney, and IKEA, Brian illustrates how…
These two lunar rovers used cameras and lasers to search for simulated water ice, and one looks like WALL-E
In a scene that could be straight out of a Pixar movie, two adorable robots crawled across a simulated moon surface in search of water. One rover even looks a bit like WALL-E. However, the excursion is not for entertainment. It’s a recent simulation at DLR (the German space agency) that tries to help the…
China’s double pressure on European industry intensifies
European manufacturers face a two-pronged attack from China that has German industry associations warning of deindustrialization: on the one hand, artificially cheap Chinese goods are flooding Europe and, on the other, Beijing has demonstrated its willingness to abruptly cut off access to critical inputs such as rare earths and semiconductors. Alarm intensified in October when…
These are Science News’ favorite books of 2025
Our staff’s favorite books of the year reflected on the role of science in some of society’s most pressing problems, from artificial intelligence to childhood trauma to river restoration. Did we miss your favorite? Let us know at feedback@sciencenews.org. rehabilitation Walter ShoshanaSimon and Schuster | $29.99 In a journalist’s exposé of America’s drug treatment centers,…
The Counterintuitive Path to AI Adoption – O’Reilly
The following article originally appeared in Gradient flow and is republished here with the author’s permission. We are experiencing a peculiar moment in the development of AI. On the one hand, the demonstrations are spectacular: agents who reason and plan with apparent ease, models that compose original songs from a text messageand research tools that…
APEDA Registration – Process, Benefits, Documents and Fees for Exporters
A world leader in export and production of agricultural products is India. Except for basmati rice and fruits, meat, dairy products and processed foods are also included in the country’s export basket. To promote and facilitate such exports in a simple manner, the government has created the Agricultural and Processed Food Products Export Development Authority…
How is botulism getting into baby formula? Here’s how to keep kids safe
The United States is in the midst of a botulism outbreak linked to a brand of premium infant formula. Dozens of babies have been affected as of November 19. All of the reported cases of crippling bacterial infection occurred between August and November and have been linked to powdered infant formula produced by ByHeart, according…
Researchers isolate memorization from problem solving in AI neural networks
Math operations and closed-book data retrieval shared paths with memorization, dropping from 66 to 86 percent of performance after editing. The researchers found that arithmetic was particularly fragile. Even when the models generated identical chains of reasoning, they failed in the calculation step after low-curvature components were removed. Figure 3 from the article “From memorization…
