Heavy metal poisoning may be changing birds’ personalities
22 March 2018
Great tits exposed to toxic metals like cadmium and lead alter their behaviour, becoming less exploratory and more cautious, suggesting their personalities have been reshaped
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Found 54 results for Anil Ananthaswamy
Dark radiation may fix our broken understanding of the universe
20 March 2018
We have two ways to measure the accelerating expansion of the universe, but they don’t line up. If dark matter gives off radiation, it could make them agree
Earthquake AI makes it easier to predict devastation of strikes
16 March 2018
A new computer system can identify seismic activity with twice the accuracy of the current best algorithms and is nearly as good as human experts
The sun’s mysteriously hot corona may be due to invisible plasma
13 March 2018
The surface of Saturn's largest moon Titan might be covered in salt-like crystals that could be among the ingredients for nitrogen-based microbes
Young babies disapprove when they see adults acting immorally
9 March 2018
Even four-month-old infants expect adults to go comfort another baby that is crying – a finding that suggests we may be born with a foundation of morality
Quantum trick lets one particle send messages two ways at once
26 February 2018
For two people to send each other a message, it usually takes a minimum of two particles. But quantum superposition makes it possible with just one
Dark matter could be produced by twisted gravitational waves
9 February 2018
If gravitational waves – ripples in space time – have a handedness, primordial particles could interact with them to form a dark matter superfluid that spreads through the cosmos
Mystery dark matter may be ordinary neutrons that have decayed
11 January 2018
Dark matter makes up a lot of the universe, but we still don’t know what it is. Could it be neutrons decaying into strange particles that shun normal matter?
It’s up to us if powerful AI embodies our virtues or our vices
30 December 2017
Compassionate, caring, conflicted, bigoted, self-absorbed, narcissistic, downright evil: as pervasive and powerful AI arrives, it will reflect who we are
Parallel universes could solve a big problem with black holes
20 December 2017
The black hole firewall paradox has been vexing physicists for years. But if quantum laws lead to the creation of other universes, the headache disappears
