Astrophysics

AIs get worse at answering simple questions as they get bigger

AIs get worse at answering simple questions as they get...

SIN Sep 25, 2024 0 2

Using more training data and computational power is meant to make AIs more relia...

Chemists discovered the first new chemical bond in more than a decade

Chemists discovered the first new chemical bond in more...

SIN Sep 25, 2024 0 1

Though it was first predicted in the 1930s, chemists have just now managed to cr...

Jet stream shifts are linked to fires, failed harvests and the plague

Jet stream shifts are linked to fires, failed harvests ...

SIN Sep 25, 2024 0 3

Tree ring data reveals the impact a fluctuating jet stream has had on Europe for...

Smart TVs take snapshots of what you watch multiple times per second

Smart TVs take snapshots of what you watch multiple tim...

SIN Sep 25, 2024 0 2

Smart TVs from Samsung and LG take screenshots of what you are watching even whe...

Pain relief from the placebo effect may not actually involve dopamine

Pain relief from the placebo effect may not actually in...

SIN Sep 25, 2024 0 2

Dopamine was long thought to play a part in the placebo effect for pain relief, ...

Axolotls seem to pause their biological clocks and stop ageing

Axolotls seem to pause their biological clocks and stop...

SIN Sep 24, 2024 0 2

In most vertebrates, a pattern of chemical marks on the genome is a reliable ind...

Are superconducting power lines the key to a cleaner grid?

Are superconducting power lines the key to a cleaner grid?

SIN Sep 24, 2024 0 2

High-temperature superconducting cables that could transform the power grid may ...

AI discovers hundreds of ancient Nazca drawings in Peruvian desert

AI discovers hundreds of ancient Nazca drawings in Peru...

SIN Sep 24, 2024 0 2

Archaeologists have used AI to discover hundreds of large-scale drawings depicti...

Children with cancer may benefit from having a cat or dog 'pen pal'

Children with cancer may benefit from having a cat or d...

SIN Sep 24, 2024 0 2

Interacting with animals seems to provide emotional support to young people with...

Octopuses and fish hunt as a team to catch more prey

Octopuses and fish hunt as a team to catch more prey

SIN Sep 23, 2024 0 2

An octopus will work with several different species of fish to find and catch pr...

Forests became less diverse when ancient people started herding pigs

Forests became less diverse when ancient people started...

SIN Sep 23, 2024 0 1

Ancient DNA extracted from layers of sediment in a Czech forest shows how a drop...

Plan to refreeze Arctic sea ice shows promise in first tests

Plan to refreeze Arctic sea ice shows promise in first ...

SIN Sep 23, 2024 0 1

Field trials indicate that pumping seawater onto the snow on top of Arctic sea i...

An AI can beat CAPTCHA tests 100 per cent of the time

An AI can beat CAPTCHA tests 100 per cent of the time

SIN Sep 23, 2024 0 1

CAPTCHA tests are supposed to distinguish humans from bots, but an AI system mas...

What to know about the new covid-19 XEC variant

What to know about the new covid-19 XEC variant

SIN Sep 21, 2024 0 2

A new covid-19 variant called XEC may spread more easily than past variants, but...

Why physicists are air-dropping buoys into the paths of hurricanes

Why physicists are air-dropping buoys into the paths of...

SIN Sep 21, 2024 0 2

A sprawling research program aims to improve hurricane forecasts by collecting d...

Astronauts may need medical evacuation from one-third of moon missions

Astronauts may need medical evacuation from one-third o...

SIN Sep 20, 2024 0 2

Medically evacuating an astronaut from space is difficult and expensive, and a n...

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