The Rijksmuseum employed an AI to repaint lost parts of Rembrandt’s “The Night Watch.” Here’s how they did it.
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Mammals have a history stretching back 325 million years. To study that ancient history is to know our own origins.
They did really well considering joysticks are not designed for oral use.
Can we stop a rogue AI by teaching it ethics? That might be easier said than done.
You’ve spent almost a decade gaining extremely specialized skills. But that’s ok; your value is greater than you realize.
Researchers devise an effective new predictive tool for maritime first-responders.
The mismatch between theory and experiment is anything but certain. The most exciting moments in a scientist’s life occur when you get a result that defies your expectations. Whether you’re a […]
The conventional wisdom may be wrong. Consulting Google for information about medical symptoms might not be as counterproductive as commonly thought, new research suggests.
Starling flocks, schools of fish, and clouds of insects all agree.
A new episode of “Your Brain on Money” illuminates the strange world of consumer behavior and explores how brands can wreak havoc on our ability to make rational decisions.
Awe-inspiring moments can be found in our daily lives, and they have surprising benefits for our health and sense of well-being.
A crash course in the history of money, the birth of Bitcoin, and blockchain technology.
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German researchers have just solved the mystery of how these substances work.
From cryonics to time travel, here are some of the (highly speculative) methods that might someday be used to bring people back to life.
Researchers discover how to use light instead of electricity to advance artificial intelligence.
The metaverse has the potential to be revolutionary, for both good and bad. Here is how we can maximize the former and prevent the latter.
Could we have predicted COVID-19 through social media trends?
New book explores a future populated with robot helpers.
Mathematicians studied 100 billion tweets to help computer algorithms better understand our colloquial digital communication.
Automation technologies manufacture goods or provide labor with minimal human intervention. They can trace their origins as far back as the 16th century—and arguably further—but didn’t take off until the […]
The few seconds of nuclear explosion opening shots in Godzilla alone required more than 6.5 times the entire budget of the monster movie they ended up in.
At least 222 typefaces are named after places in the U.S. — and there’s still room for more.
Quantum theory has weird implications. Trying to explain them just makes things weirder.
An accident left this musician with one arm. Now he is helping create future tech for others with disabilities.
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The study suggests scientists are underestimating the number of animal species that could generate the next novel coronavirus.
No matter how accurately you place two Plinko chips, you cannot count on the same outcome twice. Of all the pricing games on the iconic television show The Price Is Right, […]
He’s also credited by some as having coined the phrase “user-friendly.”
“Deepfakes” and “cheap fakes” are becoming strikingly convincing — even ones generated on freely available apps.
Scientists discover that under certain conditions two kinds of water exist.