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Dialog / Old galaxies in a young universe?

The standard cosmological model (present-day version of "Big Bang," called Lambda-CDM) gives an age of the universe close to 13.8 billion years and much younger when we explore the universe at high-redshift. The redshift ...

Feb 10, 2026 in Astronomy & Space
Tech Xplore / ByteDance vows to boost safeguards after AI model infringement claims

Chinese tech giant ByteDance said it was taking steps to "strengthen current safeguards" after Hollywood heavyweights accused its new AI video model of copyright infringement.

17 hours ago in Business
Phys.org / Why are we so happy when our sports favorite wins, especially against the odds?

It's time for the Winter Olympics, and people across the globe will sit in front of their TVs with the hope that their country brings home lots of medals. But why does this make us happy? Why do we get so excited when the ...

11 hours ago in Other Sciences
Tech Xplore / OpenAI hires creator of 'OpenClaw' AI agent tool

OpenAI has hired the Austrian creator of OpenClaw, an artificial intelligence tool able to execute real-world tasks, the US startup's head Sam Altman said on Sunday.

19 hours ago in Machine learning & AI
Tech Xplore / Hollywood groups condemn ByteDance's AI video generator, claiming copyright infringement

A new artificial intelligence video generator from Beijing-based ByteDance, the creator of TikTok, is drawing the ire of Hollywood organizations that say Seedance 2.0 "blatantly" violates copyright and uses the likeness of ...

19 hours ago in Machine learning & AI
Medical Xpress / Survey: 3 in 4 patients skip physical therapy homework, stunting progress

Physical therapy is a key step on the path to recovery after injuries or certain surgical procedures. A survey by The Ohio State University Wexner Medical Center shows 3 out of 4 (76%) patients don't complete their physical ...

Medical Xpress / National poll finds gaps in community preparedness for teen cardiac emergencies

Sudden cardiac arrest can happen to anyone, including teens, and a new national poll suggests many schools and families may not be fully prepared to respond. Only about half of parents say they are aware that their teen's ...

23 hours ago in Cardiology
Phys.org / Southern California sky is lit up by Valentine's Day SpaceX launch

Southern Californians out on Saturday night for Valentine's Day took a break from staring longingly into each other's eyes to gaze at something else: a SpaceX rocket blazing across the early evening Southern California sky.

17 hours ago in Astronomy & Space
Phys.org / How a certain form of dark matter may lead to the generation of cosmological magnetic fields

Tiny highly uniform magnetic fields are known to pervade the universe, influencing various cosmological processes. To date, however, the physical mechanisms underpinning the generation of these fields remain poorly understood. ...

Feb 15, 2026 in Astronomy & Space
Dialog / Rethinking climate change: Natural variability, solar forcing, model uncertainties, and policy implications

Current global climate models (GCMs) support with high confidence the view that rising greenhouse gases and other anthropogenic forcings account for nearly all observed global surface warming—slightly above 1 °C—since ...

Feb 11, 2026 in Earth
Phys.org / White paper connects rural broadband gaps to organizational wellness and workforce stability

University of Phoenix College of Doctoral Studies has published a new research white paper, "The Rural Digital Divide and Organizational Wellness," by Stella Smith, Ed.D. The paper analyzes how persistent disparities in digital ...

17 hours ago in Other Sciences
Medical Xpress / As some people push to make profound autism its own diagnosis, this family is raising twins with it

Connor Murphy walked in circles around his dad, then flopped down on the kitchen floor, got up and walked in circles again.

19 hours ago in Pediatrics