Automated Cyborg Cockroach Factory Could Churn Out a Bug a Minute for Search and Rescue
Envisioning armies of electronically controllable insects is probably nightmare fuel for most people. But scientists…
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Astronomers Have Pinpointed the Origin of Mysterious Repeating Radio Bursts From Space
Slowly repeating bursts of intense radio waves from space have puzzled astronomers since they were discovered in 2022.…
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This Tiny House Is Made From the Recycled Heart of a Wind Turbine
If you’ve tried to rent or buy a home in the last few years, you may have noticed there’s a severe housing shortage in…
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Most Supposedly ‘Open’ AI Systems Are Actually Closed—and That’s a Problem
“Open” AI models have a lot to give. The practice of sharing source code with the public spurs innovation and…
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OpenAI’s GPT-4o Makes AI Clones of Real People With Surprising Ease
AI has become uncannily good at aping human conversational capabilities. New research suggests its powers of mimicry…
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Niantic Is Training a Giant ‘Geospatial’ AI on Pokémon Go Data
If you want to see what’s next in AI, just follow the data. ChatGPT and DALL-E trained on troves of internet data.…
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Why Are Our Brains So Big? Because They Excel at Damage Control
Compared to other primates, our brains are exceptionally large. Why? A new study comparing neurons from different…
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A 4.45-Billion-Year-Old Crystal From Mars Reveals the Planet Had Water From the Beginning
Water is ubiquitous on Earth—about 70 percent of Earth’s surface is covered by the stuff. Water is in the air, on the…
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