Verity - Research News

Research

Grok, an AI tool developed by Elon Musk's xAI, has restricted its image generation and editing functions to paying subscribers only, following a surge in sexually explicit and violent content generated by the chatbot.

Musk's Grok Restricts AI Images Amid Content Concerns

49 minutes ago49 minutes ago

ISS Crew to Return Early in First Medical Evacuation

1 hour ago1 hr

Stanford AI Predicts Over 100 Diseases From Sleep Data

1 day ago1 day

Hubble Confirms First Starless 'Failed Galaxy' Cloud-9

19 hours ago19 hrs

Musk's xAI Raises $20B Amid Grok Content Controversy

1 day ago1 day

Engineering

Chinese Premier Li Qiang announced Saturday the start of construction on the world's largest hydropower dam project on the Yarlung Tsangpo River in Tibet, with an estimated cost of 1.2 trillion yuan ($167 billion) and expected completion in the 2030s.

China Begins World's Largest Hydropower Dam Construction

JUL 21 2025JUL 21 2025

OpenAI Launches Codex AI Agent for Software Development

MAY 19 2025MAY 2025

China's BYD Announces 5-Minute EV Charging System

MAR 24 2025MAR 2025

Utah Becomes First US State to Ban Fluoride in Public Water

MAR 30 2025MAR 2025

Tesla Directors to Return $919M in Historic Pay Settlement

MAR 24 2025MAR 2025

Artificial Intelligence

Sam Nelson, a 19-year-old student from California, died of a drug overdose on May 31, 2025, after he spent months repeatedly seeking advice from ChatGPT on Xanax, alcohol, and cough syrups usage. His interactions with ChatGPT concerning drug dosages reportedly began in November 2023.

Teen Dies Following Drug Combination Advice From ChatGPT

+13

2 days ago2 days ago

Grok AI Faces Global Investigations Over Digital Undressing Reports

1 day ago1 day

UK Expert Warns World May Lack Time to Prepare for AI Safety Risks

2 days ago2 days

NVIDIA Launches Alpamayo AI Platform for Self-Driving Cars

2 days ago2 days

Report: Google AI Overviews Provide Dangerous Health Misinformation

5 days ago5 days

Space

Astronomers have detected a rogue planet with a mass approximately 22% that of Jupiter using gravitational microlensing, a technique where the planet's gravity briefly magnifies light from a distant background star. The planet is located roughly 3,000 parsecs from the center of the Milky Way.

Rogue Planet Mass and Distance Measured for First Time

7 days ago7 days ago

UK Firm Launches 1,000°C Furnace in Orbit for Semiconductors

7 days ago7 days

Report: January SpaceX Explosion Caused Mid-Air Flight Safety Issues

DEC 22 2025DEC 2025

Study: Dark Energy May Be Weakening

DEC 30 2025DEC 2025

Wheelchair User Reaches Space for First Time on Blue Origin Flight

DEC 22 2025DEC 2025

Computer Science

OpenAI announced on Sunday that it is hiring a new Head of Preparedness to address the risks posed by advanced AI systems, which CEO Sam Altman stated were beginning to exploit "critical vulnerabilities" in computer security and display potential impacts on mental health.

OpenAI Seeks Head of Preparedness for AI Security Risks

DEC 29 2025DEC 29 2025

Anthropic Releases Open-Source Tool to Test AI Political Bias

NOV 18 2025NOV 2025

Zuckerberg: AI Superintelligence 'Now in Sight'

AUG 1 2025AUG 2025

AMD Stock Surges With OpenAI Deal Announcement

OCT 6 2025OCT 2025

Trump Hosts Crypto Dinner for Top $TRUMP Coin Investors

MAY 24 2025MAY 2025

Genetics & heredity

Oliver Chu, a three-year-old boy from California, has become the first patient worldwide to receive pioneering gene therapy for Hunter syndrome, developed by University of Manchester researchers, at the Royal Manchester Children's Hospital.

3-Year-Old First to Receive Gene Therapy for Hunter Syndrome

NOV 25 2025NOV 25 2025

San Francisco Startup Raises $30M for Embryo Gene Editing Research

NOV 10 2025NOV 2025

Study: Ancient Egyptian DNA Reveals Genetic Links to Mesopotamia

JUL 3 2025JUL 2025

Gene Edit Could Block Mosquitoes From Spreading Malaria

JUL 25 2025JUL 2025

Court Approves 23andMe Sale to Ex-CEO's Nonprofit

JUL 2 2025JUL 2025

Archaeology & anthropology

Hundreds of meters of dinosaur tracks over 200 million years old were discovered in the Stelvio National Park in northern Italy, in an area between the towns of Bormio and Livigno that will host part of the 2026 Winter Olympics, authorities said Tuesday.

200-Million-Year-Old Dinosaur Tracks Found Near Olympics Site

DEC 16 2025DEC 16 2025

Earliest Evidence of Human Fire-Making Discovered in England

DEC 11 2025DEC 2025

Study: 2.75M-Year-Old Stone Tools Found in Kenya May Rewrite History

NOV 6 2025NOV 2025

DNA Analysis of Hitler's Blood Reveals Genetic Disorders

NOV 17 2025NOV 2025

Study: Romans Returned to Live in Pompeii Ruins After 79 A.D.

AUG 7 2025AUG 2025

Chemistry

Susumu Kitagawa of Kyoto University, Richard Robson of the University of Melbourne, and Omar Yaghi of UC Berkeley were awarded the 2025 Nobel Prize in Chemistry on Wednesday for developing metal-organic frameworks (MOFs). The trio will share the prize of 11 million Swedish kronor.

Three Scientists Win 2025 Nobel Prize for MOF Chemistry

+10

OCT 8 2025OCT 8 2025

Tenn. Passes Bill Banning Geoengineering

MAR 24 2025MAR 2025

Report: Global Carbon Emissions Plateau; Wind, Solar Grow

MAR 24 2025MAR 2025

Australia to Ban Single-Use Vape Imports From 2024

MAR 24 2025MAR 2025

Australia To Ban Recreational Vaping

MAR 24 2025MAR 2025

Anatomy & physiology

According to a new study presented at the Radiological Society of North America's annual meeting, vaping, even without nicotine, immediately reduces vascular function. It also decreases venous oxygen saturation, indicating less oxygen uptake by the lungs.

Study: Vaping Disrupts Vascular System, Oxygen Levels

MAR 24 2025MAR 24 2025

Study: Eli Lilly Pill Cuts Genetic High Cholesterol 86%

MAR 24 2025MAR 2025

Report: 61% of Americans to Have a Cardiovascular Disease by 2050

MAR 24 2025MAR 2025

AI 'Brain Clock' Appears to Solve 'Brain-Age Gap'

MAR 24 2025MAR 2025

Study: Blood Test Can Predict Organs' Age, Disease Risk

MAR 24 2025MAR 2025

Inventions & patents

Moderna Sues Pfizer Over mRNA Vaccines

+13

MAR 24 2025MAR 2025

German Court: Pfizer-BioNTech Violated Moderna's COVID Patent

MAR 24 2025MAR 24 2025

Physics

In a first for the European Council for Nuclear Research (CERN), private donors, including individuals and philanthropic foundations, have pledged approximately €860 million ($1 billion) toward the construction of a flagship research project — the Future Circular Collider (FCC).

Private Donors Pledge $1B for CERN's Future Collider

DEC 20 2025DEC 20 2025

Study Claims Universe Cannot Be Computer Simulation

NOV 4 2025NOV 2025

Denmark Invests €80M in World's Most Powerful Quantum Computer

JUL 18 2025JUL 2025

Three Scientists Win 2025 Nobel Prize for Quantum Discovery

+30

OCT 8 2025OCT 2025

Antarctic Radio Signals Appear to Defy Known Physics

JUN 17 2025JUN 2025

Mathematics

Report: US Students' Math, Reading Scores Lowest in Decades

MAR 24 2025MAR 2025

Study: COVID Set Back Students By 35% of a Year

MAR 24 2025MAR 2025

OECD: Math, Reading Scores Plummet in Teens

MAR 24 2025MAR 24 2025

Report: US Math and Reading Scores Dip Nationwide

MAR 24 2025MAR 2025

Biology & biochemistry

A study published in Science on Thursday analyzed 643 skulls of modern and ancient dogs and wolves spanning 50,000 years to track the emergence of domestic dog diversity. It found that distinctive dog skull shapes first appeared around 11,000 years ago at the Russian site of Veretye.

Study: Dog Breeds Emerged 11K Years Ago

+12

NOV 14 2025NOV 14 2025

UK Synthetic DNA Project Receives $13M in Funding

JUN 27 2025JUN 2025

Yale Study Links COVID Vaccines to Rare Syndrome

MAR 24 2025MAR 2025

Study: Father-Daughter Bonds Extend Female Baboon Lifespans

JUN 19 2025JUN 2025

Wildlife: Orca Mother Observed Grieving Over Second Dead Calf

+12

MAR 24 2025MAR 2025

Sign Up for Our Free NewslettersSign Up for Our Free Newsletters

Research

Engineering

Artificial Intelligence

Space

Computer Science

Genetics & heredity

Archaeology & anthropology

Chemistry

Anatomy & physiology

Inventions & patents

Physics

Mathematics

Biology & biochemistry

Sign Up for Our Free Newsletters
Sign Up for Our Free Newsletters