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The emergence of life in the universe is as certain as the emergence of matter, gravity, and the stars. Life is the universe developing a memory, and our chemical detection system could find it.
Talent wants to be free — but a safe company culture puts “the maze in the mouse” and shackles progress.
It could explain why so many people don’t respond to common antidepressants.
Archaeologist Bernard Frischer spent decades uploading the ruins of the Eternal City to the cloud. Here’s what it looks like.
Seventy-five years after the anomaly’s discovery, scientists have finally figured out why sea levels are so much lower here.
Who should be compensated?
Computer Space lacked a critical ingredient that the other games possessed: gravity.
BMW found it’s possible to remote-drive vehicles using available technology. All it takes is some software updates and a cellular network connection.
The asteroid is expected to come within 140,000 miles of Earth — well inside the moon’s orbit.
Named “Phoenix,” this AI-powered humanoid could be your next coworker.
A new AI lie detector can dive into their hidden thoughts and reveal “what language models truly believe about the world.”
One research group’s AI-based drug discovery platform could be redesigned to discover VX nerve agent and 40,000 similar chemical weapons.
Science isn’t synonymous with technology; it’s about a way of thinking.
From the first computer to modern AI: how to tell if machines are intelligent.
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MIT scientists show how fast algorithms are improving across a broad range of examples, demonstrating their critical importance in advancing computing.
Nobody likes the uneasy feeling of being watched — so can there be any workplace benefit to the all-seeing eye?
Science will lead us to a universal morality and a cosmic religion.
Technologically, the answer is definitely no. But that doesn’t mean CGI is always used to good effect.
Once students master the basics of math, they are allowed to use calculators. The same should be true of writing and ChatGPT.
Brain activity may be more like “ripples in a pond” rather than signals sent on a telecommunications network.
Considering the astronomical occupational risks, life insurance was prohibitively expensive for the first NASA astronauts.
Lost in a building or underwater? A new muon-based navigation system could be your guide.
The game of Plinko perfectly illustrates chaos theory. Even with indistinguishable initial conditions, the outcome is always uncertain.
The book “The Genesis Machine” outlines the promise and peril of synthetic biology, a powerful tool that will allow us to program life like a computer.
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