Oct 24, 2025 Seoyoung Kang scitechdaily.com On the 22nd of October, a group of leading AI scientists released a statement calling for an immediate stop to the development of superintelligent systems. The statement is strongly agreed and supported by numerous people, including Steve Wozniak, the Co-founder of Apple, and Prince Harry, Duke of Sussex. What these people are asserting is that we should firmly prohibit the development of superintelligence that is far more advanced

Oct 24, 2025 Gyeonghyun Cho www.everydayhealth.com Many people prefer to eat sugarfree jelly or drink diet drinks containing artificial sugar in order to lose weight. However, according to neurologists in the United States, these artificial sweeteners contribute to accelerating brain aging. A recent study published in the journal Neurologyfound that people who regularly consume sugar substitutes such as aspartame, sucralose, and erythritol showed the same cognitive decline th

Oct 22, 2025 Minseo Kim www.bloomberg.com Apple has officially revealed its upgraded Vision Pro headset powered by the new M5 chip, marking a major leap in processing power and AI capabilities. Compared to the previous M4 generation, the M5 delivers up to four times faster CPU performance and 45% higher graphics efficiency. The new Vision Pro retains its premium 499-million-won ($3,499) price tag but introduces several key enhancements: a micro-OLED display with 10% more pixe

Oct 22, 2025 Yul So m.dongascience.com A team from Yonsei University has released research that disputes the 2011 Nobel Prize–winning theory that the universe is expanding at an accelerating rate. According to the study, the universe is no longer accelerating but is instead entering a slower expansion phase. The researchers also found that dark energy, once thought to be constant, appears to weaken over time. Professor Lee Young-wook and his colleagues at Yonsei University’s

Oct 20, 2025 Seoyoung Kang physicsworld.com The United Nations has officially declared 2025 as the International Year of Quantum Science and Technology. The UN has set this year to celebrate the 100th anniversary of the birth of quantum mechanics. Quantum mechanics is the core physical theory that explains the unusual characteristics that are observed at the atomic and subatomic levels. This global initiative aims to raise awareness of quantum mechanics as a basis of modern s

Oct 17, 2025 Yul So koreajoongangdaily.joins.com Unrelated Data Mixing Encourages Models to Interpret Conflicting Signals More Effectively Korea Advanced Institute of Science and Technology (KAIST) announced on October 14 that a research team led by Professor Hwang Eui-jong has developed a new training technique designed to enhance the performance of multimodal artificial intelligence (AI). Multimodal AI refers to technology that can process and understand various types of da

Oct 13, 2025 Minseo Kim www.bbc.com South Korea’s health authorities have stepped in after online rumors spread claiming COVID-19 vaccines could cause cancer. The Korea Disease Control and Prevention Agency (KDCA) said there’s no scientific proof that the vaccine directly leads to cancer, adding that such claims are “hard to verify and lack evidence.” The controversy started when a Korean research group published a study suggesting that vaccinated people might have slightly h

Oct 13, 2025 Seoyoung Kang www.synbiobeta.com Recently, due to an increase in AI usage, not only daily life but also biosecurity is getting threatened. Just as a new virus mutation that avoids vaccines has emerged, protein variants created by AI can avoid the existing security system. A Microsoft research team tried to create tons of millions of variants of dangerous proteins (toxin) with AI protein design tools, and the problem is that the existing DNA order screening system

Oct 13, 2025 Gyeonghyun Cho edition.cnn.com A recent study has shown that coffee has surprising benefits for liver health, especially for women, and healthy aging. According to a review published in Biochemical and Pharmacology, coffee has the benefits of anti-inflammatory, anti-fibrotic, metabolic, and intestinal microbial communities that benefit the liver. Drinking two cups a day can reduce the risk of cirrhosis and fibrosis, slow the progression of hepatitis C, and reduce

Oct 2, 2025 Yul So www.korea.net The South Korean government is expanding residency visa opportunities to attract outstanding...