February 7, 2024
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New AI Circuitry That Mimics Human Brains Makes Models Smarter
A new kind of transistor allows AI hardware to remember and process information more like the human brain does
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AI Unravels Ancient Roman Scroll Charred By Volcano
A team of student researchers has made a giant contribution to solving one of the biggest mysteries in archaeology by revealing the content of Greek writing inside a charred scroll buried 2,000 years ago by the eruption of Mount Vesuvius. The…
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New species of Jurassic pterosaur discovered on the Isle of Skye
BYLINE: Laura Thomas
Newswise — A new species of pterosaur from specimens found on the Isle of Skye, Scotland, has been announced by scientists from the Natural History Museum,…
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We Need Cybersecurity in Space to Protect Satellites
As the digital age has advanced, satellites have become indispensable pillars of our modern world that orchestrate navigation, communication and commerce. But these serene celestial sentinels face a lurking threat: cyberattacks. If left…
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The Government’s Former UFO Hunter Found Something More Concerning Than Aliens
Dan Vergano: You’re listening to Scientific American’s Science, Quickly. I’m Dan Vergano.
For the past decade, reports of UFO sightings have filled headlines and news broadcasts, and some of these have come from a surprising place: the…
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Why Is Superconductivity Research Plagued by Controversy?
High-temperature superconductivity is one of the holy grails of physics. It also seems to attract a steady stream of controversy, with a recent string of retracted papers and provocative claims that haven’t held up to scrutiny.
Superconductivity…
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A Camera-Wearing Baby Taught an AI to Learn Words
February 1, 2024
5 min read
A Camera-Wearing Baby Taught an AI to Learn Words
Most machine-learning models rely on mountains of data to replicate human text, but new research suggests the recipe for learning language might be simpler
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Forgotten Electrical Engineer’s Work Paved the Way for Radar Technology
Sallie Pero Mead was first hired at AT&T in 1915 as a “computer”—a human calculator—shortly after completing her master’s degree in mathematics at Columbia University. Before long she started working on the company’s transmission…
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Science Is Using Mechanical Moss to Fight Climate Change on the Canary Islands
This story was generously supported by a grant from the Pulitzer Center.
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Gustavo Viera Ruiz: The foggy areas of the Canaries support a very special forest, which is Laurisilva.
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An Alliance Calling For More Open AI Should Heed Their Own Call
Recently, Facebook’s parent company, Meta, along with IBM and over 50 other founding members, announced an AI Alliance to “advance open, safe, responsible AI.” The group would be committed to “open science and open technologies,”…