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Tech Xplore / NYC judge: OpenAI must turn over communication with lawyers about deleted databases

A federal judge ruled that OpenAI needs to turn over all its internal communications with lawyers about why it deleted two massive troves of pirated books from a notorious "shadow library" that the tech company is accused ...

Nov 26, 2025 in Business
Phys.org / Five science-backed reasons to express gratitude, according to research

When was the last time you said "thank you"—and really meant it?

Nov 26, 2025 in Other Sciences
Phys.org / Is the 'hot hand' real? 'Jeopardy!' offers clues

Stanford researchers found that contestants bet bigger on Daily Doubles when they're on a streak—even though their performance barely budges.

Nov 25, 2025 in Other Sciences
Phys.org / Boiling oceans may lurk beneath the ice of solar system's smallest moons

The outer planets of the solar system are swarmed by ice-wrapped moons. Some of these, such as Saturn's moon Enceladus, are known to have oceans of liquid water between the ice shell and the rocky core and could be the best ...

Nov 24, 2025 in Astronomy & Space
Medical Xpress / Is AI making some people delusional? Families and experts are worried

Generative artificial intelligence has quickly permeated much of what we do online, proving helpful for many. But for a small minority of the hundreds of millions of people who use it daily, AI may be too supportive, mental ...

Nov 26, 2025 in Psychology & Psychiatry
Phys.org / Unique aquatic plant has three concurrent CO₂-concentrating mechanisms

A new study led by the Wuhan Botanical Garden of the Chinese Academy of Sciences (WBG, CAS) has identified a unique trait in the aquatic plant Ottelia alismoides—it can simultaneously employ three distinct CO₂-concentrating ...

Nov 25, 2025 in Biology
Phys.org / Ambitious plan to store CO₂ beneath the North Sea set to start operations

Appearing first as a dot on the horizon, the remote Nini oil field on Europe's rugged North Sea slowly comes into view from a helicopter.

Nov 26, 2025 in Earth
Phys.org / The economic benefits of migration for host countries

When migration is in the news, it is often cast in negative terms, but it has many benefits for host countries, from economic growth to critical support for systems like Social Security that support aging populations. That's ...

Nov 26, 2025 in Other Sciences
Phys.org / Urban fringe areas show great potential for forest restoration

A study conducted at the University of São Paulo (USP) by researchers from the Nucleus of Analysis and Synthesis of Nature-Based Solutions (BIOTA Synthesis), a FAPESP Science Center for Development (SCD), identified approximately ...

Nov 25, 2025 in Biology
Medical Xpress / A hidden health crisis following natural disasters: Mold growth in homes

After returning from what felt like the best internship of her life, Danae Daniels was excited to unwind and settle into a new semester at Florida Agricultural and Mechanical University. But when she opened the door to her ...

Nov 26, 2025 in Health
Medical Xpress / Genetic study links impulsive decision making to a wide range of health and psychiatric risks

Researchers from University of California San Diego have identified 11 genetic regions linked to delay discounting—the tendency to prefer smaller, immediate rewards over larger, delayed ones—shedding new light on how ...

Nov 24, 2025 in Genetics
Phys.org / Eruption of long-dormant Ethiopian volcano subsides

Volcanic activity in northern Ethiopia's long-dormant Hayli Gubbi volcano subsided Tuesday, days after an eruption that left a trail of destruction in nearby villages and caused flight cancellations after ash plumes disrupted ...

Nov 26, 2025 in Earth