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The article critiques the promise that future artificial super intelligence (ASI) will "cure cancer," arguing that cancer is a complex,…

The full Artemis II mission photo archive of over 12,000 images, captured using Nikon D5, Nikon Z9, and iPhone 17s…

The recycling industry faces a severe labour crisis with 40% annual staff turnover, a fatality rate eight times higher than…

Half of Europe's young people now use AI chatbots as confidants for deeply personal topics like relationships and mental health,…

Toyota's Woven City, a $10 billion experimental urban community, has welcomed its first 100 residents as part of the automaker's…

A single geomagnetic storm could cost the satellite industry $40 billion, a threat highlighted by a 2022 storm that destroyed…

NASA's Artemis II mission successfully demonstrated laser communication technology, transmitting 484 gigabytes of data from lunar distance using the Orion…

Researchers have developed a lightweight, flexible shielding material thinner than a human hair that blocks both electromagnetic waves and neutron…

NASA engineers successfully tested a lithium-fed magnetoplasmadynamic (MPD) thruster at 120 kilowatts, the highest power level ever achieved in a…

A team from the University of Osaka used supercomputer simulations to uncover the physics behind dolphin speed, finding that the…

Acoustic fire suppression uses low-frequency infrasound waves guided by AI sensors to extinguish flames by separating oxygen from the fuel…

Bank of Montreal (BMO) has filed a provisional patent for a quantum algorithm designed to predict earthquakes, framing this as…

For years, we have heard the same funeral march for the media industry: advertising is drying up, newsrooms are shrinking,…

A fertility centre has adopted a new technique as standard treatment after the birth of the first child conceived this…

New research from the Oxford Internet Institute shows that large language models fine-tuned to be warmer or more empathetic are…

Scientists successfully removed the amino acid isoleucine from a key part of the ribosome, demonstrating that the genetic code can…

Microsoft released the earliest known DOS source code, including 86-DOS 1.00 and PC-DOS 1.00 kernels, along with developer notes and…

The key distinction today is between retrieval (which AI excels at) and judgment, which requires human experience. AI can quickly…

OpenAI explained that its models developed a "strange habit" of mentioning goblins and similar creatures during training, particularly when users…

A fan-designed plush toy named Rise, which served as a zero-gravity indicator aboard NASA's Artemis II mission, is now available…