A ‘Planet That Shouldn’t Exist’ Is Puzzling Astronomers
The search for planets outside our solar system—exoplanets—is one of the most rapidly growing fields in astronomy.…
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This Transformer-Like Robot Can Drive, Fly, Walk, and More
Robots are slowly getting smarter, mostly thanks to advances in artificial intelligence that enable them to learn on…
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In a First, an AI-Designed Drug Is Being Tested in Humans to See if It Actually Works
Four years ago, biotech company Insilico Medicine used AI to design a molecule targeting a protein involved in…
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Scientists Unveil New Results in Hunt to Pinpoint the Seat of Consciousness
Trying to understand consciousness calls to mind images of pensive philosophers in a thinking pose. Soft rock and…
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Space Colonies: Artificial Photosynthesis May Be Key to Sustained Life Beyond Earth
Life on Earth owes its existence to photosynthesis—a process which is 2.3 billion years old. This immensely…
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DeepMind’s New Self-Improving Robot Is Quick to Adapt and Learn Fresh Skills
Despite rapid advances in artificial intelligence, robots remain stubbornly dumb. But new research from DeepMind…
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Scientists Discover an Element Essential to Life on Enceladus—Raising Hopes Alien Microbes Swim Under the Ice
Enceladus is the tiny moon of Saturn that seems to have it all. Its icy surface is intricately carved by ongoing…
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Western US States Are Turning to Cloud Seeding to Fight Historic Droughts
Amid the search for solutions to global warming, various forms of geoengineering have gained traction. The more wild…
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