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OpenAI Unveils A.I. That Instantly Generates Eye-Popping Videos
The start-up is sharing the new technology, called Sora, with a small group of early testers as it tries to understand the potential dangers.
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Long COVID Seems to Be a Brain Injury, Scientists Discover
Some form of brain injury could be behind the symptoms reported by those with long COVID, according to a new study, and adapting tests and treatments to match could aid progress in tackling the condition.
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Accelerated aging linked to cancer risk in younger adults, research shows
Researchers looking for clues to why some types of cancer are on the rise in younger adults say they’ve found an interesting lead — a connection to accelerated biological aging.
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SpaceX's Starship to launch 'Starlab' private space station in late 2020s
The giant rocket will loft Starlab in a single launch.
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Australia’s threatened plant and animal numbers have been halved in just 2 decades
An annual, independent assessment of Australia’s environment has found several silver linings amid longer-term declines exacerbated by climate change.
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Newly discovered ancient tree species looks like it could be from the mind of Dr. Seuss | CNN
Unusual trees found fossilized in Canada were buried alive 350 million years ago. Scientists say the discovery opens a new window into the history of life on Earth.
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The Blood of Exceptionally Long-Lived People Reveals Key Differences
Centenarians, once considered rare, have become commonplace.
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‘They lied’: plastics producers deceived public about recycling, report reveals
Companies knew for decades recycling was not viable but promoted it regardless, Center for Climate Integrity study finds
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This AI learnt language by seeing the world through a baby’s eyes
A neural network that taught itself to recognize objects using the filmed experiences of a single infant could offer new insights into how humans learn.
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Scientists identify water molecules on asteroids for the first time
Using data from the retired Stratospheric Observatory for Infrared Astronomy (SOFIA)—a joint project of NASA and the German Space Agency at DLR—Southwest Research Institute scientists have discovered, for the first time, water molecules on the surface of an asteroid.
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The uncomfortable truth about AI’s impact on the workforce is playing out inside the big AI companies themselves
Alphabet and Microsoft are investing big in AI. But that’s creating a murky future for many tech employees.
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Spontaneous Smoking Cessation Before Lung Cancer Diagnosis
We have observed that many patients with lung cancer stop smoking before diagnosis, usually before clinical symptoms, and often without difficulty. This led us to speculate that spontaneous smoking cessation may be a presenting symptom of lung cancer.
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Earth has extra moons, and they may hold the secrets of our solar system's past
Earth's closest cosmic companions, known as 'minimoons' or 'quasi-moons', could hold the secrets to the history of our early solar system.
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Don’t let Big AI fool you: Piracy isn’t a business model
Sam Altman, the OpenAI CEO, is basically saying that he can’t make his product unless he steals from others.
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50 Megaton Tsar Bomba Declassified • Ivan RDS-220 Hydrogen Bomb
The Soviet RDS-220 hydrogen bomb (code name Ivan or Vanya), also known as Tsar Bomba (Russian: Царь-бо́мба, tr. Tsar'-bómba, IPA: [t͡sarʲ ˈbombə], lit. 'Tsar bomb'), was the most powerful nuclear weapon ever created and tested. Tested on 30 October 1961 as an experimental verification of calculation principles and multi-stage thermonuclear weapon designs, it also remains the most powerful human-made explosive ever detonated.
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AI and Employment: Is Universal Basic Income the Answer?
In this Article we discuss the necessity of Universal Basic Income in an AI-driven job market transformation.
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Scientists Invent New Hybrid Food by Growing Beef Inside Grains of Rice
As the world's population continues to grow, so too does the strain on the environment.
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New study shows how human-like qualities of voice assistants influence shopping habits
A recent study published in Computers in Human Behavior shows that the more human-like virtual assistants sound, the safer people feel using them for voice shopping.
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How to Build an Origami Computer
Two mathematicians have shown that origami can, in principle, be used to perform any possible computation.
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Food industry’s favorite ingredient has been killing us, slowly.