The First Soil Sample From the Far Side of the Moon Is Headed Home on China’s Chang’e-6
The mysterious far side of the moon is a challenging target for space missions. But China has now completed its second…
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This MIT Chatbot Simulates Your ‘Future Self.’ It’s Here to Help You Make Better Decisions.
Chatbots are now posing as friends, romantic partners, and departed loved ones. Now, we can add another to the list:…
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Scientists Smashed a Spacecraft Into an Asteroid. Here’s What They’re Learning From the Aftermath.
On a fall evening in 2022, scientists at the Johns Hopkins University Applied Physics Laboratory were busy with the…
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Human-Like ‘Bio-Skin’ Gives Robots a Much More Nuanced Sense of Touch
In the middle of the night, when stumbling into the kitchen for a glass of water, I rely on touch. Even in the dark,…
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This Week’s Awesome Tech Stories From Around the Web (Through June 1)
ARTIFICIAL INTELLIGENCE OpenAI Says It Has Begun Training a New Flagship AI Model Cade Metz | The New York Times “The…
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Scientists Just Inched Closer to Lab-Made Human Eggs and Sperm
We all know the drill for reproduction—sperm meets egg. For the past decade, scientists have been pushing the boundaries…
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Researchers Say Quantum Computers Could Scale Fast With Modular Design
Quantum computers could solve some of the world’s most challenging problems, but only if we can make them big enough.…
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Breaking Into AI’s Black Box: Anthropic Maps the Mind of Its Claude Large Language Model
The opaque inner workings of AI systems are a barrier to their broader deployment. Now, startup Anthropic has made a…
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