ChatGPT, Gemini, Copilot and other AI tools whip up impressive sentences and paragraphs from as little as a simple line of text prompt. To generate those words, the underlying large language models were trained on reams of text written…
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Climate change has amped up hurricane wind speeds by 29 kph on average
As if hurricanes needed any more kick.
Human-caused climate change is boosting the intensity of Atlantic hurricanes by a whole category on the Saffir-Simpson Hurricane Wind Scale, which rates hurricanes based on their peak…
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Rare formations of cave pearls found in the Ain Joweizeh spring system
Archaeologists from the Institute of Archaeology at the Hebrew University of Jerusalem have uncovered formations of cave pearls during a study of the Ain Joweizeh spring system near Jerusalem.
Ain Joweizeh is a rock-cut subterranean spring that…
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Kempner AI cluster named one of world’s fastest ‘green’ supercomputers — Harvard Gazette
Researchers at Harvard now have access to one of the fastest and greenest supercomputers in the world.
Built to support cutting-edge research at the Kempner Institute for the Study of Natural and Artificial Intelligence, and Harvard…
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New theory reveals the shape of a single photon
A new theory, that explains how light and matter interact at the quantum level has enabled researchers to define for the first time the precise shape of a single photon.
Research at the University of Birmingham, published in Physical Review…
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Smartwatch Speakers Slim Down With Silicon
A year after introducing the first in-ear, silicon-based earbuds, xMEMS has unveiled a prototype of the latest version of its microspeakers—this time, for use as an open-air speaker, which is a more challenging task.
The Silicon Valley-based…
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How humans evolved to be ‘energetically unique’ — Harvard Gazette
Humans, it turns out, possess much higher metabolic rates than other mammals, including our close relatives, apes and chimpanzees, finds a new Harvard study. Having both high resting and active metabolism, researchers say, enabled our…
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Gaming for the good! | ScienceDaily
So maybe the naysayers and detractors of online gaming and its ill effects on youth need to stand down. That’s what science is telling us in a new report in the journal Human Resource Development International from Melika Shirmohammadi, assistant…
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Why Do Japanese Trains Always Arrive On Time? » ScienceABC
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Japanese trains’ punctuality arises from a cultural emphasis on time, advanced technology, rigorous training, and meticulous planning.
Japan is renowned for its efficient and punctual…
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Four from MIT named 2025 Rhodes Scholars | MIT News
Yiming Chen ’24, Wilhem Hector, Anushka Nair, and David Oluigbo have been selected as 2025 Rhodes Scholars and will begin fully funded postgraduate studies at Oxford University in the U.K. next fall. In addition to…
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