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A computer that could decidedly pass Alan Turing’s test would represent a major step toward artificial general intelligence.
JWST has seen more distant galaxies than any other observatory, ever. But many candidates for “most distant of all” are likely impostors.
Smoke taint from wildfires is gross, even to wine amateurs.
Sludge may be inevitable, but there are better ways to manage such frictions in our daily lives.
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Personality is not set in stone. If you don’t like some aspect of it, you can work to change it — “fake it till you make it.”
A competency framework is a way to align individual performance with organizational goals. Read on to learn how.
Neutrons can be stable when bound into an atomic nucleus, but free neutrons decay away in mere minutes. So how are neutron stars stable?
There’s a whole lotta shakin’ goin’ on beneath the single plate of Mars.
Gamma-ray bursts are among the most energetic cosmic events of all. On October 9, 2022, a remarkable one occurred: the brightest ever seen.
How much can something change and still be the same thing?
Millions of Americans are quitting their jobs, but even if you can’t join the Great Resignation, you can still pursue a do-over moment.
A 19th-century surveying mistake kept lumberjacks away from what is now Minnesota’s largest patch of old-growth trees.
Most male mammals have little or nothing to do with their kids. Why is our own species different?
The metaverse may leave us perpetually unsure whether the people we encounter are authentic or high-quality fakes.
If there are three neutrino species, all with different masses, then how is energy conserved when they oscillate from one flavor to another?
Unplugging only ignores the hard work of overcoming your distractions.
The pattern 1, 1, 2, 3, 5, 8, 13, etc., is the Fibonacci sequence. It shows up all over nature. But what’s the full explanation behind it?
All matter particles can act as waves, and massless light waves show particle-like behavior. Can gravitational waves also be particle-like?
The mass that gravitates and the mass that resists motion are, somehow, the same mass. But even Einstein didn’t know why this is so.
Some of the weirdest characters in Greek mythology were Athenian kings.
Successful constructive criticism is as much about mindset as methods.
Finland reveals that happiness is more about mindset than umbrella drinks and sun-warmed beaches.
Can two planets stably share the same orbit? Conventional wisdom says no, but a look at Saturn’s moons might tell a different story.
A Carrington-magnitude event would kill millions, and cause trillions of dollars in damage. Sadly, it isn’t even the worst-case scenario.
The Universe isn’t as “clumpy” as we think it should be.
We might be dining on insect-based Christmas pies with robot-harvested algae on the side.
Jean-Jacques Rousseau was a Swiss Enlightenment philosopher who praised a simple life and inspired the worst of the French Revolution.
The English writer left behind a mind-expanding collection of books.
AI systems can carry on convincing conversations, but they have no understanding of what they’re saying. Humans are easily fooled.