In a First, AI Models Analyze Language As Well As a Human Expert
Among the myriad abilities that humans possess, which ones are uniquely human? Language has been a top candidate at least since Aristotle, who wrote that
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How a great-grandmother helped researchers unravel a dinosaur mummy mystery
A paleontologist was trying to locate the site of a famous 1908 discovery when a rancher in Wyoming shared an important clue. (Image credit: Tyler
Fewer students are missing school. These state policies may have helped
A new study says several states are doing the right things to get students to show up to school regularly.
Science history: Astronomers spot first known planet around a sunlike star, raising hopes for extraterrestrial life — Nov. 1, 1995
About 50 light-years from Earth, a gas giant about half the mass of Jupiter orbits a sunlike star. The discovery of Pegasi 51 b ushered
One molecule could usher revolutionary medicines for cancer, diabetes and genetic disease — but the US is turning its back on it
The U.S. government is divesting from mRNA vaccines, but will other uses of the technology be spared? In a time of uncertainty, scientists worry that
Controversial startup’s plan to ‘sell sunlight’ using giant mirrors in space would be ‘catastrophic’ and ‘horrifying,’ astronomers warn
California-based startup Reflect Orbital aims to build a swarm of 4,000 giant mirrors in low Earth orbit to “sell sunlight” to customers at night. Experts
Comet 3I/ATLAS has been transformed by billions of years of space radiation, James Webb Space Telescope observations reveal
The interstellar comet 3I/ATLAS has a thick irradiated crust that no longer resembles its home star system, simulations and James Webb Space Telescope observations have
900-year-old burials of Denmark’s early Christians discovered in medieval cemetery
Archaeologists excavating at a medieval cemetery in Denmark have found the burials of 77 people who were early Christians in the area but still likely
AI models refuse to shut themselves down when prompted — they might be developing a new ‘survival drive,’ study claims
Some AI models appear to show a resistance to being shut off. Are they developing a survival drive? Or is it all in how they
A new AI technique may aid violent crime forensics
An AI tool trained on chemical signatures from corpse-eating insects may help determine time and place of death for victims of violent crimes.
AI models refuse to shut themselves down when prompted — they might be developing a new ‘survival drive’, study claims
Some AI models appear to show a resistance to being shut off. Are they developing a survival drive? Or is it all in how they
James Webb telescope celebrates Halloween with eerie image of a dying sun — it’s what our own might look like one day
This Halloween, the James Webb Space Telescope has served us up a stunning image of the Red Spider Nebula. It could be a glimpse of
Interstellar object comet 3I/ATLAS
Find out everything there is to know about the interstellar object comet 3I/ATLAS.
Cancer treatments may get a boost from mRNA COVID vaccines
Cancer patients who got an mRNA COVID vaccine within a few months of their immunotherapy lived longer than those who did not, health records show.