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'Floating' Joro spiders are moving north: Will they spread to Minnesota?
KMSP· 3 hours agoJoro spiders are known for their ability to balloon, using their web to float in the air. A study...
Q&A: Expert shares take on bird flu and general public health risk
Medical Xpress· 4 hours agoSince H5N1, or avian influenza, was first identified in 1996, the Centers for Disease Control and...
Scientists say Earth is heating at a record rate, but there’s still time to stop crisis accelerating
Euronews via Yahoo News· 7 hours agoThe rate Earth is warming hit an all-time high in 2023 with 92 per cent of last year's...
New AI technique can identify seizure types, including rare forms of epilepsy
Medical Xpress· 4 hours agoThe World Health Organization estimates that 70% of people with epilepsy could live seizure-free if adequately diagnosed and treated. Over the years, machine learning techniques have been developed ...
Psychologist discovers goosebumps happen far more often than we think
Medical Xpress· 4 hours agoDr. Jonathon McPhetres has studied whether people are aware of when they experience goosebumps and...
Are joro spiders headed to Florida? Probably, but they're not as scary as they sound
Pensacola News Journal via Yahoo News· 4 hours agoHowever, species are considered invasive due to competition with native wildlife. When a new species is...invasive species is better suited for the environment, it could drive native species ...
Babies use 'helpless' infant period to learn powerful foundation models, just as ChatGPT does
Medical Xpress· 6 hours agoThe study, led by a Trinity College Dublin neuroscientist and just published in the journal Trends in Cognitive Sciences, finds for the first time that the classic explanation ...
10 faculty members retire from Elon University
The Pendulum· 2 hours agoDuring the 18 years Terry Tomasek has been a part of the Elon community, she has served as an associate professor in the department of education and...
130-Foot Snake Carving Slithers Through 2,000-Year-Old Rock Art Found in South America
Smithsonian Magazine· 3 hours agoIn all, 60 individual engravings exceeded 30-foot dimensions, including a centipede and two humanoid...
New study finds Earth warming at record rate, but no evidence of climate change accelerating
McComb Enterprise-Journal· 22 hours agoThe rate Earth is warming hit an all-time high in 2023 with 92% of last year’s surprising record-shattering heat caused by humans, top scientists calculated. The rate Earth ...