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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.”

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.…

NASA’s Curiosity rover photographed remnants of rippling waves in an ancient Martian lakebed, proving that the Red Planet had open water for longer in its history than previously thought.

A small, wooden diorama found in an ancient Egyptian tomb reflects the importance of grain in an agricultural society.

Although many researchers assume that birthday celebrations date back to the ancient Egyptians, the earliest textual evidence of a birthday party proves these annual events are much older.

New simulations reveal that around 1 million “macroscopic” objects from our closest stellar neighbors, the Alpha Centauri system, may already reside in the Oort Cloud, far from sight.

Test your knowledge of humanity’s major space-faring milestones and the incredible astronauts who accomplished them.

Older chatbots, just like people, show signs of cognitive impairment, failing on several important metrics in a test normally used on human patients.