In the real world, probability is a tough thing to characterize. If I roll a die, what does it mean to say that it has a one-sixth chance of coming up 5? We say that the outcome is random because we lack the information needed to predict which…
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Bronze Age family insights: The Grave’s Embrace.
Researchers find indications of a patrilineal descent system for western Eurasian Bell Beaker communities / Family relationships that link Britain to Luxembourg
Newswise — Poignant prehistoric burials containing the…
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AI Survey Exaggerates Apocalyptic Risks
The headlines in early January didn’t mince words, and all were variations on one theme: researchers think there’s a 5 percent chance artificial intelligence could wipe out humanity.
That was the sobering finding of a paper posted on the…
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AI Audio Deepfakes Are Quickly Outpacing Detection
Experts have long warned of a future where artificial intelligence makes it impossible to tell digital fact from fiction. Now that future is here. A recent case of a recording that sounds like a high school principal making racist comments shows…
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Tiny dinosaurs used feathers to intimidate prey.
Newswise — Small omnivorous and insectivorous dinosaurs may have flapped small, feathered primitive wings to scare prey out of hiding places, according to a study published in Scientific Reports. The authors built…
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A predicted quasicrystal is based on the ‘einstein’ tile known as the hat
The “hat” wowed mathematicians. Now the shape is shaking up physics.
In 2023, mathematicians reported that the 13-sided tile was the first known “einstein.” That’s a shape that can perfectly cover an infinite plane — no…
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Waiting for the 'White Water'
In Nigeria, one community that has never had potable water finally gets it.
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20 Years After Landing: How NASA’s Twin Rovers Changed Mars Science
This month marks the 20th anniversary of Spirit and Opportunity’s landing on Mars, part of a mission whose legacy will extend far into the future.
In January 2004, twin NASA rovers named Spirit and Opportunity touched down on opposite sides of…
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Local Heroes – Environment | Weizmann Wonder Wander
As they have done over the past decade, Prof. Avraham Levy and Naomi Avivi-Ragolsky of the Weizmann Institute of Science planned to conduct a field experiment with wheat this year at the Gilat experimental station, the southern branch of the…
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Technique could efficiently solve partial differential equations for numerous applications | MIT News
In fields such as physics and engineering, partial differential equations (PDEs) are used to model complex physical processes to generate insight into how some of the most complicated physical and natural systems in the…
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