Science & Tech

Between the ages of 50 and 75 the brain undergoes an important transformation (which could have something to do with the risk of dementia)

A changing of the guard in immune cells could make the older brain more vulnerable to Alzheimer’s and other dementias. ...

Cars: when is the best time to go electric?

What if we told you that, from an environmental point of view, it would be better to scrap your diesel ...

A new impact crater has been identified on the Moon: it is the discovery of the century

A scientist has accidentally discovered the largest newly formed crater on the Moon ever observed in the Solar System: a ...

How to understand if you are chatting with an AI algorithm?

In many situations, it is becoming increasingly difficult to distinguish a real person from an artificial intelligence algorithm. Two experts ...

Free prevention in Milan, under the Arco della Pace

A mobile clinic parked under the Arch of Peace is not the scene you expect at a fitness festival. However, ...

AGI nightmare: can it really get out of hand? All the real (and dystopian) risks of losing control

From the resignation of an Anthropic researcher to the threat of autonomous hacker attacks and cyber-pandemics: are the risks of ...

Is there a hidden “ocean” 2,900 km below us? Two water-trapping minerals discovered near Earth’s core

An experiment pushes matter to extreme conditions and reveals how two new minerals could hold huge reserves of water near ...

Would social media be better without algorithms? The experiment that could give us back our time

Australia is preparing a law to allow users to deactivate personalized feeds on social media. But will going back to ...

Chemotherapy for children: why it can age healthy tissue by decades

Chemotherapy, which saves lives in childhood cancers, leaves a genetic “signature” on the liver, accelerating mutations in healthy cells. The ...