A new scientific paper raises the possibility that terrestrial microorganisms hitched a ride to Europa via asteroid impacts, potentially surviving in its subsurface ocean.
New study: terrestrial bacteria could have reached Europa via meteoritic ejection.
The Mythos model was tested alongside US intelligence agencies and found vulnerabilities in classified infrastructure, raising serious concerns about AI-driven cyber threats.
Anthropic's Mythos model found vulnerabilities in US classified systems within hours.
The tests were run in a controlled setting alongside US intelligence agencies.
The result questions whether human security teams can keep pace with offensive AI.
A cluster of neurons tucked inside one of the brain's oldest regions appears to govern our ability to focus — with potential implications for ADHD and beyond.
The neurons sit in an ancient brain region shared by most vertebrates.
The attention-control mechanism appears conserved across hundreds of millions of years.
The discovery may guide more targeted treatments for ADHD, schizophrenia and dementia.
Scientists have loaded a complete viral genome onto a quantum computer and successfully analyzed it — a world first with far-reaching implications for bioinformatics and medicine.
First time a real genome — viral — has been loaded and analyzed on a quantum computer.
Genetic data was encoded as qubits, overcoming a major technical barrier in bioinformatics.
Researchers aim to extend the method to more complex genomes and medical applications.
A new SETI Institute study warns that the same stellar activity shaping distant planets could be masking extraterrestrial signals on their way to Earth.
SETI Institute: stellar activity can distort extraterrestrial signals during transit to Earth.
Already-received signals may have gone undetected due to stellar "noise".
Study urges revised search methodology and new stellar-interference compensation filters.
Unlike circadian clocks, the newly identified mechanism acts as a developmental timer, triggering coordinated bursts of gene activity needed for an organism to grow.
A newly found genetic clock coordinates gene activity bursts during development.
When the mechanism fails, normal growth is disrupted.
The finding could help explain developmental disorders and some forms of cancer.