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Aimed at the nearby star PDS 70, the James Webb Space Telescope is watching newborn planets take shape before our eyes in uprecedented detail.
Protesters gathered outside Tesla showrooms across the US on Saturday to demonstrate against the drastic cuts Elon Musk, the billionaire adviser to President Donald Trump, is imposing on the federal government. Organisers cited 37 protests across the country as part…
In the second episode of The Deep End, listeners hear what it’s like to live with severe depression and the backstory of an experimental treatment.
A study examining the effects of harmine, a major component of ayahuasca, found that it produces no significant psychoactive effects in doses up to 500 mg. None of the participants experienced hallucinations or any notable psychoactive effects typically associated with…
Fossilized teeth from two ancient megafauna suggest they roamed Brazil 3,500 years ago. The find “opens the door to rewrite South American history.”
Scientists discovered that by adding 30 lines to the Linux operating system, they could dramatically reduce the amount of energy that data centers consume.
“There is reason to have confidence in upward trajectory of the space economy.”
The July 2024 attempted assassination of former President Donald Trump did not fuel a surge in support for partisan violence, according to new research published in the Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences. Instead, the findings indicate that Republicans,…
Large Language Model (noun, “LARJ LANG-wuhj MAH-del”) A large language model — or LLM — is an artificial intelligence computer program that can read text and write responses. LLMs power many modern artificial intelligence, or AI technologies, such as ChatGPT.…
A robot whirs along a library shelf. Instead of books, this shelf holds napkin-sized squares of flat, clear glass. The robot selects a piece of glass and brings it over to a microscope. The instrument peers deep inside the glass.…
