Robotics

Could Inflicting Pain Test AI for Sentience?

Could Inflicting Pain Test AI for Sentience?

SIN Jan 17, 2025 0 3

A new study shows that large language models make trade-offs to avoid pain, with...

Linguists Point to Expressions of Pain as a Possible Universal Language

Linguists Point to Expressions of Pain as a Possible Un...

SIN Jan 17, 2025 0 3

Linguists think that the words that we use to express pain might tell us somethi...

How NASA Used the Hubble Space Telescope to Look at the Sun

How NASA Used the Hubble Space Telescope to Look at the...

SIN Jan 17, 2025 0 3

A little-known chapter of the Hubble Space Telescope’s history is a reminder of ...

These Prime Numbers Are So Memorable That People Hunt for Them

These Prime Numbers Are So Memorable That People Hunt f...

SIN Jan 17, 2025 0 3

Math enthusiasts challenge one another to find special prime numbers, including ...

Is Red No. 3 Harmful? How Does It Compare with Other Dyes?

Is Red No. 3 Harmful? How Does It Compare with Other Dyes?

SIN Jan 17, 2025 0 4

The Food and Drug Administration has banned the use of the dye Red No. 3 in all ...

What Caused the L.A. Wildfires? How Investigators Will Find Out

What Caused the L.A. Wildfires? How Investigators Will ...

SIN Jan 17, 2025 0 4

Wildfires like the Los Angeles blazes destroy so much, but they often spare some...

Climate Action Now Threatened by ‘Powerful Forces,’ Biden Warns

Climate Action Now Threatened by ‘Powerful Forces,’ Bid...

SIN Jan 17, 2025 0 5

In his farewell address, President Biden warned that a powerful “oligarchy” coul...

What Caused the LA Wildfires? How Investigators Will Find Out

What Caused the LA Wildfires? How Investigators Will Fi...

SIN Jan 16, 2025 0 4

Wildfires like the Los Angeles blazes destroy so much, but they often spare some...

The Supreme Court’s Trans Health Case Shows Why Patients Should Make the Decisions

The Supreme Court’s Trans Health Case Shows Why Patient...

SIN Jan 16, 2025 0 4

Supreme Court arguments over trans health care makes plain how badly we need per...

Blue Origin’s New Glenn Rocket Finally Takes Flight

Blue Origin’s New Glenn Rocket Finally Takes Flight

SIN Jan 16, 2025 0 5

The heavy-lift New Glenn rocket soared to success, reaching orbit on its highly ...

Wildfires Started by Human Activities Are Often More Destructive

Wildfires Started by Human Activities Are Often More De...

SIN Jan 16, 2025 0 7

Fast-moving fires, such as the recent ones in the Los Angeles area, and those st...

Data Centers Run on Clean Energy Now Welcome on Publicly Owned Land

Data Centers Run on Clean Energy Now Welcome on Publicl...

SIN Jan 16, 2025 0 3

President Biden issued an executive order to permit data centers on federal land...

U.S. TikTok Users Flock to RedNote as Ban Looms

U.S. TikTok Users Flock to RedNote as Ban Looms

SIN Jan 16, 2025 0 3

Thousands of U.S. TikTok users are joining China-based app RedNote, spawning mem...

Does Fact-Checking Work on Social Media?

Does Fact-Checking Work on Social Media?

SIN Jan 16, 2025 0 3

Communication and misinformation researchers reveal the value of fact-checking, ...

How the Polar Vortex Can Bring Arctic Blasts to the U.S.

How the Polar Vortex Can Bring Arctic Blasts to the U.S.

SIN Jan 15, 2025 0 4

Vast weather patterns can carry blasts of frigid air far from the polar regions—...

Migrating Birds Sing to Team Up with Other Species

Migrating Birds Sing to Team Up with Other Species

SIN Jan 15, 2025 0 4

Songbirds may socialize across species during nighttime migrations

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