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Someday, scientists could use stem cells to guide the development of synthetic organs for patients awaiting transplants.
Seventy-five years after the anomaly’s discovery, scientists have finally figured out why sea levels are so much lower here.
From “Thompson’s violinist” to the “Experience Machine,” these thought experiments will throw your mind for a loop.
BMW found it’s possible to remote-drive vehicles using available technology. All it takes is some software updates and a cellular network connection.
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Named “Phoenix,” this AI-powered humanoid could be your next coworker.
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Hubble’s deepest views of space revealed fewer than 10% of the Universe’s galaxies. James Webb will change that forever.
Brain activity may be more like “ripples in a pond” rather than signals sent on a telecommunications network.
“If you’re training an AI to optimize for a task, and deception is a good way for it to complete the task, then there’s a good chance that it will use deception.”
Lost in a building or underwater? A new muon-based navigation system could be your guide.
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If a court needs to know if two trademarks look too similar to each other, perhaps the jury should be given a brain scan.
A new technique that can automatically classify phases of physical systems could help scientists investigate novel materials.
One of Apple’s key innovations serves as a psychological breakthrough, as its technology eliminates the isolating feel of headset use.
Small spiders use their silk threads to passively fly, a process called ballooning. Learning how could help atmospheric scientists.
The hallucinations that characterize schizophrenia may be due to a “reality threshold” that is lower than it should be.
The laws of physics aren’t changing. But the Earth’s conditions are different than what they used to be, and so are hurricanes as a result.
Artificial general intelligence will not arise in systems that only passively receive data. They need to be able to act back on the world.
When we look out at the Universe, even with Hubble, we’re only seeing the closest, biggest, brightest galaxies. Here’s where the rest are.
It’s no longer just VR vs. AR. There is an alphabet soup of metaverse acronyms, often used imprecisely. So, what do they all mean?
Experiments on suborbital rockets are revealing how to make a better iron furnace.
On larger and larger scales, many of the same structures we see at small ones repeat themselves. Do we live in a fractal Universe?
Out of all the galaxies we know, only a few little ones are missing dark matter. At last, we finally understand why.
Twin Health lets patients with diabetes see what’s happening inside their own body and can model each patient’s unique metabolism.
