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Tech Xplore / Mind readers: How large language models encode theory-of-mind

Imagine you're watching a movie, in which a character puts a chocolate bar in a box, closes the box and leaves the room. Another person, also in the room, moves the bar from a box to a desk drawer. You, as an observer, know ...

Nov 11, 2025 in Computer Sciences
Medical Xpress / First death linked to 'meat allergy' spread by ticks

University of Virginia School of Medicine researchers have identified the first death caused by what is commonly called the "meat allergy" being spread by ticks.

Phys.org / For platforms relying on gig workers, bonuses can be a double-edged sword

In the growing gig economy, where a company's success depends on contractors whose schedules they can't control, businesses often turn to bonuses to lure and retain these workers. But according to new Cornell-led research, ...

Nov 13, 2025 in Other Sciences
Phys.org / Key 'fingerprint' reveals slowdown of Atlantic Meridional Overturning Circulation

The Atlantic Meridional Overturning Circulation (AMOC), an ocean current system that transports heat from the tropics to the North Atlantic, plays a vital role in regulating the global climate. Most climate models project ...

Nov 11, 2025 in Earth
Phys.org / Destroying crazy ant nest structure makes them vulnerable to pathogens

Invasive tawny crazy ants have been wreaking havoc across the U.S. Gulf Coast from Florida to Texas, disrupting ecosystems and causing headaches for homeowners. Now scientists at The University of Texas at Austin have devised ...

Nov 11, 2025 in Biology
Phys.org / Non-harmonic two-color femtosecond lasers achieve 1,000-fold enhancement of white-light output in water

Scientists at Japan's Institute for Molecular Science have achieved a 1,000-fold enhancement in white-light generation inside water by using non-harmonic two-color femtosecond laser excitation. This previously unexplored ...

Nov 11, 2025 in Physics
Tech Xplore / EU probes Google over news site rankings

The EU launched a fresh investigation into Google Thursday over suspicions the US giant is pushing down news outlets in search results, despite retaliation threats from US President Donald Trump.

Nov 13, 2025 in Business
Medical Xpress / Headaches affect almost a third of people worldwide

Do you have regular migraine headaches? If so, you've got a lot of company.

Phys.org / Tutankhamun was decapitated 100 years ago. Why the excavation is a great shame instead of a triumph

November 2025 marks 100 years since archaeologists first examined Tutankhamun's mummified remains. What followed wasn't scientific triumph—it was destruction. Using hot knives and brute force, Howard Carter's team decapitated ...

Nov 12, 2025 in Other Sciences
Phys.org / Saturn's icy moon may host a stable ocean fit for life

A new study led by researchers from Oxford University, Southwest Research Institute and the Planetary Science Institute in Tucson, Arizona has provided the first evidence of significant heat flow at Enceladus's north pole, ...

Nov 7, 2025 in Astronomy & Space
Phys.org / Monarch migration mapped along Texas highways

Each fall, millions of monarch butterflies fly across Texas skies on their 3,000-mile journey to the mountains of central Mexico. The state's position in the center of the migratory route makes it critical to the species' ...

Nov 13, 2025 in Biology
Medical Xpress / Infants born with hearing loss show disruptions in brain design, underscoring the urgency of intervention

Infants born deaf or hard of hearing show adverse changes in how their brains organize and specialize, but exposure to sound and language may help them develop more normally, according to new research.

Nov 11, 2025 in Neuroscience