Despite the uniform appearance of pink flamingo flocks, individuals live very different lifestyles. In the Camargue region of France, some stay put for their entire lives while others migrate along the…
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Microsoft Released VibeVoice-1.5B: An Open-Source Text-to-Speech Model that can Synthesize up to 90 Minutes of Speech with Four Distinct Speakers
Microsoft’s latest open source release, VibeVoice-1.5B, redefines the boundaries of text-to-speech (TTS) technology—delivering expressive, long-form, multi-speaker generated audio that is MIT licensed, scalable, and highly…
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Elon Musk’s xAI sues Apple, OpenAI over AI monopoly allegations
Billionaire entrepreneur Elon Musk’s artificial intelligence startup xAI sued Apple and ChatGPT maker OpenAI in a U.S. federal court in Texas on Monday, accusing them of illegally conspiring to block competition in the fast-growing AI…
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China sends 10th group of Guowang broadband satellites into orbit with Long March 8A launch
PRESTON, United Kingdom — China launched a new batch of Guowang broadband satellites late Monday, continuing a flurry of missions to build a national low Earth orbit communications megaconstellation.
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Autism study shows vitamin D and iron deficiencies affect up to 40% of children
New research highlights that nutrient deficiencies are widespread among children with autism in Singapore, with risks tied to age and ethnicity rather than picky eating, underscoring the need for routine screening and early…
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Satellites Spotted a Strange Glow in the Ocean, and Scientists Have a Wild Explanation
Since the early 2000s, scientists have been puzzled by a gleaming turquoise spot in the middle of the Antarctic Ocean showing up in satellite images.
The patch is located just south of the great calcite belt, a region that’s rich in the mineral…
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Scaling K2. VIII. Short-period Sub-Neptune Occurrence Rates Peak Around Early-type M Dwarfs
We uniformly combined data from the NASA Kepler and K2 missions to compute planet occurrence rates across the entire FGK and M-dwarf stellar range. The K2 mission, driven by targets selected by guest observers, monitored nine times more M dwarfs…
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TESS Photometry and LAMOST Spectroscopy of 10 Detached Eclipsing Binaries
This study presents a thorough analysis of 10 detached eclipsing binaries that contain main-sequence stars. We have utilized a multifaceted approach, incorporating data from the Large Sky Area Multi-Object Fiber Spectroscopic Telescope (LAMOST),…
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Sub-Neptunes and the Search for Life Beyond Earth
What can sub-Neptunes, exoplanets whose sizes are between Earth and Neptune, and which are between the known for their water-rich compositions, teach astronomers about both where and how to find life beyond…
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After 60 Years, Scientists Uncover Hidden Brain Pathway Behind Diabetes Drug Metformin
For decades, scientists have debated how metformin, the world’s most widely prescribed type 2 diabetes drug, actually works. A new study from Baylor College of Medicine reveals a surprising player: the brain. Credit:… Continue Reading