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Why today’s AI systems struggle with consistency, and how emerging world models aim to give machines a steady grasp of space ...
A gene that is important for human hearing could determine whether a dog’s ears are pendulous like a basset hound’s or stubby ...
The possible health effects of radiofrequency waves emitted by cell phones has been a subject of debate for decades ...
“There’s enough data out there to say that beige fat is good for human health,” says Bruce Spiegelman, a researcher at the ...
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A distinctive nebula inside the constellation Lyra holds a never-before-seen cloud of iron atoms—and researchers aren’t sure ...
Florida’s iguanas are an introduced species, and they aren’t used to the chilly temperatures the state is currently ...
U.S. Greenhouse Gas Emissions Are Rising for the First Time in Two Years—They Could Climb Far Higher
The skyrocketing electricity demands of AI data centers—and a cold snap—are driving up America’s emissions after years of ...
Wikipedia had to fight to establish its legitimacy—and now it faces a new existential threat posed by generative AI ...
Global warming surpassed 1.5 degrees Celsius for the past three years, meaning Earth is currently on track to breach the ...
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